Stickley on Security

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Stickley on Security

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About the partner

About Stickley on Security

Meaningful cybersecurity education & awareness employees actually embrace

Founded2007
HeadquartersEl Cajon (San Diego area), California, USA
Company size1-50 employees
OwnershipAcquired / Merged
AI capabilityLimited / Traditional

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.

Why teams choose 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

Capabilities we have validated

  • Security awareness & behavior change
  • phishing/social-engineering simulation
  • real-world ethical-hacking expertise
  • regulatory awareness (GLBA/HIPAA/PCI-DSS)
  • customer & employee education content
  • domain/brand protection

Recognition & proof points

  • Founder/CEO Jim Stickley is a nationally recognized ethical hacker: frequent guest on NBC's Today Show and featured on NBC Nightly News, CNN, CNBC, Fox News and as the LifeLock cybersecurity expert
  • featured in Time, Fortune, BusinessWeek, New York Times, PC Magazine and CSO Magazine. Author of 'The Truth About Identity Theft' and co-author of 'Beautiful Security'
  • discovered the 2000 Gauntlet Firewall buffer-overflow vulnerability
  • co-founder of TraceSecurity.

AI in the offering

Security-awareness training/content company; no notable proprietary AI offering.

Profile maintained by Rubber Duck Technology research from primary sources and partner collateral · Last verified Sep 14, 2026 · High confidence · Verified multi-source.

Capabilities

Solutions Delivered by Stickley on Security

The outcomes this partner is equipped to deliver — drawn from our vetting record, not their marketing deck.

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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).

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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.

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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.

Delivery

How We Deliver

Engagement & delivery models we have validated with this partner — where the slide deck ends and the actual work begins.

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Security Services

Stickley on Security manages security-awareness program delivery, including randomized phishing simulations, weekly awareness content and supporting tools like Domain Assure and WorkRemote.

Delivery: Delivered as an ongoing managed awareness program with randomized monthly simulations and weekly content.

Genuine retention — Program design prioritizes lasting behavior change over compliance box-ticking.

Unique remote-work tooling — WorkRemote secures remote employees by transmitting only encrypted pixels.

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Training / Education

Stickley on Security delivers and manages security-awareness training along with weekly awareness content and daily cybersecurity news for participants.

Delivery: Delivered as managed training with weekly content and randomized monthly phishing reinforcement.

Education over courses — Focuses on truly educating participants rather than just offering a course to complete.

Regulatory awareness — Covers GLBA, HIPAA and PCI-DSS awareness relevant to regulated industries.

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Consulting / Advisory

Stickley on Security provides board and executive education and advisory plus keynote speaking, led by nationally recognized security expert Jim Stickley.

Delivery: Delivered through advisory engagements, board and executive briefings, and keynote speaking.

High-profile expertise — Jim Stickley's ethical-hacker brand and national media presence lend credibility to advisory work.

Leadership engagement — Executive and board briefings help leadership understand and prioritize security risk.

Proof

Results with this partner

Documented outcomes from real engagements — not testimonial vibes.

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Resources

Documents & collateral

Datasheets, spec sheets, case studies and pricing references collected while vetting Stickley on Security — 1 document.

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