Simulation is a feature. We built the platform.
Adaptive built an impressive simulation engine. Living Security is the AI-native human risk management platform that turns those signals — and 300+ others — into measurable risk reduction.
- 300+ risk signals across behavior, identity, access & live threat intel — not just simulation results.
- Livvy predicts who's about to become a risk. Simulation tools only tell you who already clicked.
- Forrester Wave Leader in Human Risk Management. Adaptive wasn't evaluated.
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See how Living Security turns simulation results — including Adaptive's — into predictive risk reduction across your workforce.
Living Security vs. Adaptive Security, capability by capability
A simulation tells you who clicked. A platform tells you who's actually dangerous, why, and what to do about it. Here's where the two approaches differ — including where Adaptive genuinely leads.
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Simulation is a feature, not a strategy
Most Adaptive evaluations move through three stages of CISO thinking. By stage three, the question isn't whose simulation is better — it's what happens after the click.
The demo is terrifying. And it should be.
A CISO watches a deepfake of their own CEO and thinks, "we need this." They're right — their people should experience what modern social engineering really looks like.
"23% of finance failed. Now what?"
Which of them have elevated access? Who's being actively targeted right now? Who's also flagging risk in DLP, CASB, or identity? Can I prove to the board this reduced real incidents — not just click rates?
Simulation tells you who clicked.
Living Security tells you who is actually dangerous, why, and what to do about it — pulling from 300+ signals and acting autonomously to reduce risk.
Ask both vendors the same question: "Show me which 50 employees are the highest risk right now — and tell me why."
See Living Security's answer→Why security leaders pick the platform
Every point here leads with outcomes, not feature checklists — because that's the conversation your board is actually having.
300+ signals vs. one channel
We analyze behavior, identity, access, and real-time threat intel for a complete view of human risk. Simulation tools score risk mostly from simulation results and training engagement — like diagnosing a patient from a stress test alone.
We predict. They test.
Livvy surfaces evolving risk trajectories and flags the people, roles, and access points most likely to introduce risk before an incident. Adaptive tells you who failed a test; we tell you who's about to become a problem.
We integrate. They sit beside the stack.
Living Security correlates human risk with your SIEM, EDR, identity systems, and SOAR. Adaptive operates as a standalone simulation and training platform.
Forrester validated us as a platform.
Living Security is a Forrester Wave Leader in HRM. Adaptive isn't in that evaluation — a distinction that matters to CISOs buying a program, not a point solution.
Adaptive built an incredible engine. We built the car.
Their engine is more powerful on simulation realism today — we're honest about that. But a vehicle gets you where you actually need to go: measurable human risk reduction across your entire organization. Simulation is one input. The platform is the answer.
50% fewer risky users within 12 months — that's the outcome CISOs buy.
You don't have to choose.
Keep Adaptive's simulation fidelity. Adaptive's phishing and deepfake results flow directly into Living Security's Unify platform — alongside Abnormal, Proofpoint, SailPoint, and your security stack.
We combine that data with 300+ other signals to predict risk and orchestrate autonomous interventions. Adaptive simulates the threat. Living Security manages the human risk it reveals.
Signals into the platform
Unified, predictive human risk — scored & acted on by Livvy
Outcomes the board can see
What security teams say after the switch
The data-driven risk visibility helped us see where the risk really lives within months — doubling our HRM score and automating workflows we used to run by hand.
After gaining clear insight into risk behaviors across our workforce, we empowered teams with targeted interventions — and gave the board proof that risk is going down.
We kept the simulation depth we already had and layered Living Security on top. Now the failures actually mean something — they're scored against everything else.
See human risk clearly. Act faster. Prove what works.
Book a demo and we'll show you which employees represent your highest risk right now — and exactly what Living Security does about it.
