NINJIO Named a Leader in the Grid Report for Security Awareness Training For Ninth Consecutive Quarter
Key Takeaways
- Customer-validated leadership, not analyst hype
NINJIO’s Leader position in G2’s Spring 2026 Grid is driven entirely by verified user feedback, reinforcing real-world impact, satisfaction, and performance. This marks nine consecutive quarters of customer-backed leadership. - Moving beyond training to measurable human risk reduction
With over 60% of breaches tied to human behavior, NINJIO stands out by focusing on behavior change, not check-the-box training. Its platform actively reduces risk through personalized, data-driven awareness experiences. - Emotional susceptibility + personalization = real behavior change
By leveraging emotional susceptibility profiles and adaptive, story-driven content, NINJIO delivers training that resonates, improves retention, and reduces risky behavior at scale—turning employees into a true security asset.
NINJIO today announced it has been named a Leader in the Spring 2026 G2 Grid® Report for Security Awareness Training, published by G2, the world’s largest and most trusted software marketplace. This recognition reinforces NINJIO’s position at the forefront of modern security awareness training and human risk management, where engaging content addressing emotional manipulation in social engineering and measurable behavior change are critical to reducing organizational risk. It is the ninth consecutive quarter that NINJIO has been named a Leader in Security Awareness Training.
This recognition is based entirely on the responses of real users for each of the Security Awareness Training-related questions featured in the G2 review form. Unlike analyst-driven rankings, G2 Reports reflect authentic peer feedback, making this Leader designation a direct reflection of customer satisfaction, product performance, and real-world impact in strengthening human risk management strategies.
NINJIO is Effective Security Awareness Training and Human Risk Management
“NINJIO’s continued recognition as a Leader on G2 speaks directly to the outcomes our customers are achieving,” said Matt Lindley, Chief Innovation & Information Security Officer at NINJIO. “When over 60% of breaches involve some sort of human element, organizations need more than traditional check-the-box security awareness training. They need solutions that actively reduce human risk. Our platform is designed to deliver personalized awareness training experiences that engage users based on their individual emotional susceptibility profiles, so they change their behavior and ultimately strengthen security posture across the enterprise.”
NINJIO achieved Leader status on the Spring 2026 Grid® Report by receiving consistently high ratings and positive reviews from verified users, outperforming similar products in the Security Awareness Training category. To qualify for inclusion, products must receive a minimum number of verified customer reviews, ensuring rankings are grounded in real user experiences.
Addressing Social Engineering with Emotional Susceptibility Profiles and Targeted Content
Customers continue to highlight NINJIO’s ability to deliver impactful, story-driven security awareness training that resonates with employees and drives lasting behavior change. By combining engaging microlearning training rooted in the science of how people learn with dynamic, personalized awareness training paths directed by each person’s emotional susceptibility profile, NINJIO helps organizations move beyond generic training programs and toward a true human risk management approach.
Unlike traditional security awareness training platforms, NINJIO focuses on personalization, relevance, and measurable outcomes. The platform leverages user behavior, role-based risk, and engagement data to build an emotional susceptibility profile and deliver tailored training experiences that meet employees where they are. This approach not only improves knowledge retention but also reduces risky behaviors, making human risk management more actionable and effective.
“Earning a Leader position in a G2 Report is highly competitive and rooted in verified customer reviews,” said Godard Abel, co-founder and CEO, G2. “Congratulations to NINJIO for achieving this distinction. Buyers can be confident this ranking reflects the authentic experiences of real users.”
This recognition further validates NINJIO’s commitment to innovation in security awareness training and its leadership in advancing human risk management practices. As cyber threats continue to evolve, organizations must prioritize the human element of security. NINJIO empowers security teams with the tools, insights, and content needed to transform employees from potential vulnerabilities into active defenders.
With a strong focus on usability, engagement, and measurable ROI, NINJIO continues to set the standard for modern security awareness training platforms. Its ability to deliver personalized awareness training at scale ensures that organizations can effectively address human risk while maintaining high levels of employee participation and satisfaction.
Frequently Asked Questions
A: Security awareness training is a structured program designed to educate employees on how to recognize and respond to cyber threats such as phishing, social engineering, and malware. It is important because human error remains one of the leading causes of data breaches. Effective security awareness training reduces risk by changing employee behavior and improving decision-making in real-world threat scenarios.
A: Human risk management is a modern approach to cybersecurity that focuses on identifying, measuring, and reducing risks caused by human behavior. Instead of treating employees as the weakest link, human risk management programs use data, behavioral insights, and personalized training to transform users into an active line of defense against cyber threats.
A: NINJIO goes beyond traditional, compliance-based security awareness training by delivering personalized awareness training tailored to each user. The platform builds an Emotional Susceptibility Profile for every employee, identifying how individuals are most likely to be manipulated by social engineering attacks. This allows organizations to deliver targeted training that drives real behavior change, not just content completion.
A: Personalized awareness training is a method of delivering cybersecurity education that adapts to each individual user’s behavior, role, and risk profile. Instead of one-size-fits-all training, NINJIO uses behavioral data and emotional susceptibility insights to provide highly relevant training experiences that improve engagement and retention.
A: NINJIO reduces human risk by combining engaging, story-driven security awareness training with adaptive testing and behavioral analytics. Through simulated phishing, real-world scenarios, and continuous coaching, the platform identifies vulnerabilities and reinforces secure behaviors over time.
A: An Emotional Susceptibility Profile is a proprietary model developed by NINJIO that identifies the psychological triggers that make an individual more likely to fall for social engineering attacks. These may include urgency, fear, curiosity, or authority. This profile enables more precise and effective human risk management by tailoring training to each user’s unique risk factors.
A: Compliance-based security awareness training often focuses on checking regulatory boxes rather than changing behavior. Modern threats require a more advanced approach. Organizations need security awareness training that is engaging, personalized, and continuously adaptive to effectively reduce human risk and prevent breaches.
A: NINJIO uses Hollywood-style storytelling, short-form microlearning, and emotionally engaging content to capture attention and improve retention. This approach ensures employees not only complete training but also remember and apply what they learn in real-world situations.
A: Being named a Leader in the G2 Grid® Report means that NINJIO has received consistently high ratings from verified users and demonstrates strong market presence. This recognition reflects real customer satisfaction and validates NINJIO’s effectiveness in delivering security awareness training and human risk management solutions.
A: Organizations can get started with NINJIO by engaging with a security awareness expert to assess their current human risk exposure and implement a personalized training program. NINJIO’s platform is designed for fast deployment, easy integration, and immediate impact on reducing human risk.
About NINJIO
NINJIO’s human risk management platform reduces cybersecurity risk through personalized security coaching, engaging awareness training, and adaptive testing. Our multi-pronged approach to risk mitigation focuses on the latest attack vectors to build employee knowledge and the behavioral science behind social engineering to sharpen users’ intuition. Our simulated phishing and coaching tools build a proprietary Emotional Susceptibility Profile for each user to identify their specific social engineering vulnerabilities and change behavior.
About G2
G2 is the world’s largest and most trusted software marketplace, reaching over 60 million users annually. By leveraging authentic peer reviews, G2 helps businesses make informed software decisions. NINJIO joins thousands of leading software companies recognized on G2, including Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoom, and Adobe. For more information, visit www.g2.com.
