Infosec (Infosec IQ)
About
Infosec Institute is a cybersecurity education and training company that provides certification-based training courses for IT and security professionals, as well as enterprise-grade security awareness and phishing training for businesses, agencies, and technology professionals. Founded in 2004 and acquired by Cengage Group in 2022, Infosec serves more than 70% of the Fortune 500 and has helped over 5 million learners worldwide build cyber resilience.
Details
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Ideal Customer
- Infosec Institute's sweet spot spans mid-market to large enterprise organizations, typically with 500 to 50,000+ employees, that face significant phishing risks and need automated, scalable training solutions.
- Their target audience includes regulated industries such as finance, healthcare, government, and energy that require meticulous compliance documentation for audits, as well as technically mature IT teams that value both general security awareness and deep-dive technical training.
Key Differentiators
- Infosec Institute's primary differentiator is its 'role-guided' approach to cybersecurity education — it is one of the few vendors that bridges both end-user security awareness training (Infosec IQ) and deep technical upskilling for security professionals (Infosec Skills and Boot Camps) under one roof, enabling organizations to address cyber risk across their entire workforce.
- GigaOm named Infosec IQ a Leader and Outperformer in Security Awareness and Training, citing its long-standing expertise in role-based training.
Industries Served
- Infosec Institute serves a broad range of industries including healthcare, financial services, government, technology, education, retail, and manufacturing.
- The company provides industry-specific training content tailored to each sector: for healthcare, it delivers HIPAA compliance training and PHI security content; for financial services, it covers PCI DSS, GLBA, and SOX requirements; for education, it offers FERPA-aligned training; and for retail, it focuses on cardholder data protection and PCI compliance.
Service Coverage
- Infosec Institute operates globally, with its primary headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin and additional offices across the United States.
- The platform has an international reach: through a partnership with Coursera, Infosec brings cybersecurity training to more than 82 million learners worldwide, and through LinkedIn Learning, it delivers cybersecurity and AI training to millions of professionals globally.
Partnerships
- Infosec maintains a range of strategic technology and content partnerships.
- On the platform integration side, Infosec IQ connects with LMS platforms, SIEM, EDR, DLP, and email security tools via open API, Active Directory/Azure AD, and SCIM provisioning, and PhishNotify integrates directly with Outlook and Gmail.
Company Size & Ownership
- Infosec Institute was founded by Jack Koziol in 2004 and was bootstrapped profitably for nearly 18 years before its acquisition.
- Employee count estimates range from approximately 200 to 250 employees across various sources (Tracxn reports 200 as of May 2026; PitchBook notes 243).
Compliance & Certifications
- Infosec IQ's training platform is built in alignment with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and NIST security awareness and training guidelines, with every training module mapped to NIST-defined security behaviors.
- The platform supports customer compliance with HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, CCPA, FERPA, SOC 2, CMMC, and ISO 27001 frameworks through structured audit trails, completion tracking, and defensible reporting.
Compiled from public sources by VenSearch · Last researched October 14, 2026
Offerings
4 offeringsInfosec Boot Camps
Live and self-paced certification training programs that help IT and cybersecurity professionals get certified and build in-demand skills. Boot camps are expert-led with hands-on labs and an Exam Pass Guarantee, covering 60+ certifications across security, cloud, and IT domains.
Infosec HRM
A human risk management solution powered by Right-Hand Cybersecurity that integrates with an organization's existing security tech stack to detect risky employee behaviors, simulate AI-powered attacks, and deliver targeted training nudges via Slack, Teams, or email. It provides behavioral risk scoring and reporting to help security teams measure and reduce workforce-driven cyber risk over time.
Infosec IQ
A security awareness training platform that provides role-based content, phishing simulations, reporting tools, and LMS/SCORM integration to educate employees and reduce cybersecurity risks. More than 5 million learners worldwide have used Infosec IQ to improve their cyber resilience.
Infosec Skills
An on-demand cybersecurity training platform offering 1,400+ hands-on courses, cyber ranges, certification prep, and guided learning paths for IT and security professionals. The platform supports role-based learning for various security roles, from entry-level to advanced practitioners.
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