Phishing Simulation & Awareness
Realistic phishing-simulation programmes calibrated to Indian-context lures — UPI fraud pretexts, GST refund spoofs, payroll-portal redirects, vendor-invoice BEC. Quarterly cadence with role-segmented templates, click-rate benchmarks, and just-in-time coaching for repeat clickers.
- Quote SLA48 hours
- Typical engagement5–15 working days
- RetestFree within 30 days
- Reporting formatCERT-In + ISO + SOC 2 ready
- Team100% in-house · OSCP / OSWE / OSEP
What is a phishing simulation?
A phishing simulation sends controlled, realistic phishing emails to your staff to measure who clicks, reports, or submits credentials — then trains them. Macksofy runs GoPhish-based campaigns with India-context lures and board-ready metrics, turning your people from the weakest link into an active detection layer.
A Phishing Sim engagement, in plain language.
Phishing is still the #1 initial-access vector for ransomware and BEC in India, but the off-the-shelf international templates miss the Indian context — your accounts team will click an HSBC London invoice once, but they'll click a GSTN refund-credit lure every Tuesday. Macksofy runs the simulation from our own GoPhish-based lab so payloads stay in-scope (no third-party processor exposure), templates are written for Indian regulators (CBDT, GSTN, EPFO, RBI circulars, BSE / NSE notices) and the post-campaign coaching is delivered in Hindi / English / regional language as required.
- Cut click-through rate from industry-baseline 15-22% to <5% within 4 quarters
- Identify repeat-clicker populations needing targeted coaching
- Build evidence pack for SEBI / RBI / ISO 27001 awareness-control requirements
- Reduce successful BEC + ransomware initial-access incidents
- Quantify human-risk metric for board-level dashboards
Phased delivery — every step documented.
Interactive walkthrough of how we run a Phishing Sim engagement — tap a phase to expand its activities.
1 · Baseline + scoping
- Email-environment review (M365 / Workspace, MTA, gateway, DMARC posture)
- Workforce segmentation by role + risk tier (finance, HR, engineering, exec)
- Lure-library calibration to client industry + India regulatory context
- Allow-list set-up with mail-security vendor (Proofpoint, Mimecast, ATP)
Industry-standard + custom.
We use the same tooling top BFSI red teams operate — combined with Macksofy in-house extensions and proprietary scripts where commercial tools fall short.
Sectors we operate in
What you get
- Campaign design pack + lure-library selections
- Per-campaign telemetry report (click / credential / MFA / report)
- Repeat-offender list + coaching plan
- Quarterly trendline + benchmark report
- ISO / SEBI / RBI awareness-evidence pack
- Annual exec dashboard with year-over-year human-risk metric
Anonymized engagement snapshots.
Scope · Quarterly phishing-sim across 4,200 staff, 4 quarters
Finding: Q1 click-rate 19%; finance & ops teams 28%
Q4 click-rate 4.1%; SEBI awareness-control evidence passed first-pass
Scope · Pre-SOC 2 Type II awareness baseline + 2 quarters
Finding: Engineering grade tier showed 23% click on internal-IT lures
Q2 click-rate to 6%; SOC 2 CC1.4 + ISO A.6.3 evidence cleared
Scope · Plant-floor + corporate awareness for ransomware-readiness
Finding: Plant-engineer population had 31% click on vendor-portal lure
Targeted local-language coaching; click-rate to 8% in 6 months
Transparent tiers. No surprises at quote time.
Indicative price ranges based on typical Indian engagements. Final fixed-price quote within 72 hours of the discovery call.
Build
- Tooling (Wazuh / ELK / Splunk) implementation
- Baseline detection rules
- Runbook authoring
Operate
- Everything in Build
- 24×7 monitoring across business hours
- Monthly threat-hunt + posture reviews
Resilience
- Everything in Operate
- L3 threat hunters + IR retainer
- Annual table-top + DR drill
Note · Indicative pricing in INR. Setup + 12-month operate is the most-asked combination. Custom blends available.
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“We've worked with three Big 4 firms before Macksofy. None found what their team did in our payments stack. The most actionable report we've received in a decade.”
“The CHFI training Macksofy delivered for our cyber cell raised investigation quality measurably. Practical, India-context-aware, and respectful of our operational realities.”
“Came in with zero security background. 5 weeks later I was running Burp Suite and Metasploit confidently. Cleared CEH on the first attempt.”
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Where Macksofy delivers Phishing Sim.
On-site engagements across India's BFSI, fintech, government and SaaS metros plus the UAE. Senior consultants fly from Mumbai BKC for kickoff, key reviews and exit briefings; remote weeks run through the rest of the engagement.
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- CERT-In Empanelled
- EC-Council ATC · CompTIA Authorized
- 20,000+ professionals trained
- India + UAE engagements