Partner profile
Stickley on Security
Meaningful cybersecurity education & awareness employees actually embrace
Founded 2007 · El Cajon (San Diego area), California · 1-50 employees · Acquired or merged
Partnership Overview
Who Stickley on Security is built for
Banks, credit unions and other regulated SMB/mid-market organizations needing employee & customer security-awareness training, phishing simulation and board-level cybersecurity education
Stickley on Security (SoS) is a cybersecurity education, awareness and anti-phishing company founded by renowned 'ethical hacker' and security expert Jim Stickley (co-founder of TraceSecurity). Based in the San Diego, California area, SoS provides security-awareness training, phishing simulation, daily cybersecurity news/education and related tools — with a strong following in the financial-services / credit-union sector — emphasizing that truly educating participants (not just offering a course) is what changes behavior. Jim Stickley is also a prominent national speaker and media security expert.
- VerifiedSep 14, 2026 · high confidence
- 3solutions across 1 category
- 19 yrsin business, since 2007
- 1-50employees
Why teams pick Stickley on Security
- Founder Jim Stickley's high-profile ethical-hacker brand & media presence
- focus on genuine education/retention vs box-ticking courses
- strong credit-union/financial-sector traction
- customer-facing (not just employee) awareness tools
- unique WorkRemote 'encrypted-pixels' remote-work approach
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Get matched insteadRecognition & proof points
- Founder/CEO Jim Stickley is a nationally recognized ethical hacker: frequent guest on NBC's Today Show and featured on…Award
- Featured in Time, Fortune, BusinessWeek, New York Times, PC Magazine and CSO Magazine. Author of 'The Truth About Iden…Proof point
- Discovered the 2000 Gauntlet Firewall buffer-overflow vulnerabilityProof point
- Co-founder of TraceSecurityProof point
Notable clients
Vendor-reportedStrong traction in banks and credit unions plus Fortune 100 corporations, healthcare, legal and insurance organizations (per company/CEO profile). San Diego County Credit Union (SDCCU) publishes Stickley's consumer security tips. Affiliated with digital-banking CUSO Mahalo Banking.
Our Solutions
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Cybersecurity & Compliance
Security Awareness Training
Stickley on Security delivers Powered Cybersecurity Training (PCT) and employee education built around genuine behavior change rather than box-ticking compliance courses, drawing on founder Jim Stickley's ethical-hacking expertise.
- Behavior change focus Emphasizes genuinely educating and retaining knowledge rather than simply completing a course.
- Ethical-hacker credibility Content is informed by Jim Stickley's real-world ethical-hacking and media-recognized security expertise.
- Financial-sector traction Strong following in the credit-union and financial-services sector with relevant regulatory awareness (GLBA, HIPAA, PCI-DSS).
Phishing Simulation
Stickley on Security runs Bad Phish randomized monthly phishing simulations paired with weekly awareness content to test and reinforce employee resilience to social engineering.
- Randomized monthly sims Ongoing randomized phishing tests keep employees alert rather than relying on a one-time exercise.
- Real-world attacker insight Simulations reflect genuine social-engineering techniques from an ethical-hacking background.
Security Education
Stickley on Security provides daily cybersecurity news and education plus customer-facing tools such as SoS Advisor (website-embedded security education) and executive and board briefings.
- Customer-facing education SoS Advisor extends security awareness to a company's own customers, not just its employees.
- Executive and board reach Board-level briefings and keynote speaking bring security awareness to leadership.
How Stickley on Security delivers
Subscription-based security-awareness program: managed randomized monthly phishing simulations, weekly awareness content, board/executive briefings, and customer-facing (SoS Advisor) security-education feeds; keynote speaking and advisory by Jim Stickley. (vendor-reported)
Services in detail
- Security ServicesDelivered as an ongoing managed awareness program with randomized monthly simulations and weekly content.
- Training / EducationDelivered as managed training with weekly content and randomized monthly phishing reinforcement.
- Consulting / AdvisoryDelivered through advisory engagements, board and executive briefings, and keynote speaking.
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