Why Toronto Businesses Are Replacing Generic Security Training with SecureAware
Generic security awareness training covers email phishing. The attacks hitting Toronto businesses in 2026 come through SMS messages and voice calls. SecureAware is the security simulation platform built to test the attack vectors that most training programs do not cover.
Toronto organizations have been running security awareness training for years. Annual phishing simulations, monthly security newsletters, mandatory click-through training modules - the infrastructure is in place at most organizations that have invested in a managed IT relationship.
Every standard security awareness platform on the market was designed around email phishing. Email phishing is still a threat - but it is no longer the primary social engineering vector succeeding against Canadian businesses. The attacks making headlines in 2026 come through text messages to personal phones and phone calls that sound completely legitimate. Staff who have completed every available email phishing training module are unprepared for both.
SecureAware is the security awareness platform Group 4 Networks built to close this gap. It is a proprietary platform - built and maintained by G4NS, not a third-party tool we resell - and it focuses on the attack vectors that every other training platform skips.
A SecureAware smishing campaign sends realistic text messages to your staff's phones - the same channel that attackers use because it has a 98% open rate compared to email. The messages are customized to look like they come from your IT team, your payroll provider, Microsoft, the Canada Revenue Agency, or other high-trust sources.
The campaign tracks who clicks on embedded links, who enters credentials on simulated capture pages, who scans QR codes embedded in messages, and who correctly identifies and reports the message as a simulation. Departments and individuals with high failure rates are automatically flagged for targeted training.
The scenarios are not generic templates. G4NS customizes them to match the specific smishing attacks targeting your industry - healthcare organizations face different attack scenarios than law firms, which face different scenarios than financial services firms.