Mission: Human Firewall — Gamified Phishing Training

Check Point Avanan has introduced Mission: Human Firewall, a gamified security awareness training experience designed to engage employees through an interactive, game-like interface. Users earn badges and progress through training challenges across five threat channels.

Training channels covered:

• Email — identifying phishing and malicious messages
• Phone — recognising vishing and voice-based social engineering
• Chat — spotting threats in messaging platforms
• Social Media — understanding risks in online platforms
• QR Codes — identifying malicious QR-based attacks

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Notify Managers When Employees Fail Phishing Simulations

A new Alert Manager option is now available in the phishing simulation workflow. When enabled, a manager is automatically notified if their direct report fails a phishing simulation, enabling faster coaching and intervention without requiring admin involvement.

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Session Revocation for Compromised Accounts

Avanan now supports session revocation for Microsoft 365 accounts flagged as potentially compromised. This allows active sessions to be terminated immediately — even if the attacker has already authenticated — without fully blocking the account.

Three-tier response workflow:

• Compromised — alert admins, automatically block user, revoke sessions
• Suspected Compromised — alert admins, revoke sessions (no full block)
• Low-Confidence — do nothing (monitor only)

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New Per-User Pricing from 1 November 2026

MPaware is moving to a simplified per-user pricing model from 1 November 2026, replacing the previous tiered block structure with a single flat rate.

Guardz MCP — Connect Claude Directly to Your Guardz Data

Guardz has released an MCP (Model Context Protocol) integration that allows AI tools such as Claude to query your Guardz data in real time. This gives MSP admins the ability to interact with their security data using natural language, directly within supported AI platforms.

Data accessible via MCP (read-only):

• Customers
• Users
• Devices
• Issues
• Incidents
• Available to MSP admins on all Guardz plans
• Read-only access — no changes can be made via MCP

Adaptive Security Awareness Training (SAT)

Guardz has launched Adaptive SAT, a next-generation security awareness training platform that uses AI to personalise phishing simulations and training content for each user based on their risk profile and behaviour.

Key capabilities:

• AI-driven phishing simulations with 132 templates
• 66 training modules across a broad range of security topics
• 75 languages supported
• Per-user roadmaps — personalised learning paths based on individual risk
• Teachable moments — instant training delivered immediately after a simulation failure
• Compliance CSV export for reporting and audit purposes
• Supports both Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace

Delegated Mailbox Access

NinjaOne SaaS Backup now supports Delegated Mailbox Access, allowing temporary access to a specific mailbox to be granted without modifying the user's existing role or permissions. This is ideal for scenarios such as accessing a departing employee's mailbox or performing discovery on a specific account.

Key details:

• Grant temporary mailbox access without changing the user's role
• Supports external and delegated users
• Managed via the User Management › Grant Permission tab
• SSO supported via Azure AD (Entra ID) or Google

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Microsoft Copilot Available Without M365 Base Subscription

From 1 December 2026, Microsoft Copilot will be available as a standalone offering — customers will no longer need a Microsoft 365 base subscription as a prerequisite to purchase Copilot licences.

What is changing now (from 16 October 2026):

• Existing Copilot offers are being renamed with an "(add-on)" suffix to reflect their current bundled nature
• New standalone Copilot SKUs will be introduced from December 2026