HacWare is recognized as a CRN 2025 Stellar Startup!
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BROOKLYN, New York, November 10, 2025 — HacWare, Inc., an AI-powered human risk management platform that makes cybersecurity education effortless for IT providers and small businesses, announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has included HacWare on its 2025 Stellar Startups list in the Security category. This prestigious list highlights fast-rising technology vendors that are driving innovation and fostering growth in the IT channel with groundbreaking products.
HacWare was selected for its automated human risk management platform, which empowers managed service providers MSPs and IT leaders to proactively identify and reduce human behavior risks before they result in costly cybersecurity incidents. The platform streamlines phishing simulations, personalized micro training, and high-risk user scoring so partners can offer continuous cybersecurity education without the operational burden. By simplifying security awareness and behavioral analytics, HacWare helps MSPs strengthen their service offerings, increase client trust, and expand recurring revenue opportunities.
Each technology vendor featured on the CRN 2025 Stellar Startups list is distinguished by its commitment to innovation and to delivering cutting edge offerings that help solution providers stand out in today's fast-changing IT landscape.
This annual list serves as an invaluable resource for solution providers making business-critical strategic decisions and exploring new technologies and services to add to their portfolios to give them a competitive advantage and drive success.
“We’re excited to recognize the forward-thinking companies featured on this year’s Stellar Startups list,” said Jennifer Follett, Vice President, U.S. Content, and Executive Editor at CRN, The Channel Company. “This honor highlights each organization’s commitment to tackling IT channel challenges, driving innovation through cutting-edge technologies and empowering partner success. We can’t wait to see how they continue to shape the future of the industry.”
“We are honored to be recognized by CRN as a Stellar Startup for the second year in a row,” said Tiffany Ricks, Founder and CEO of HacWare. “This recognition is meaningful because our team is working tirelessly to help our channel partners address the root cause of cybersecurity incidents, which continues to be human behavior. Businesses are being affected at an increasingly hostile rate, and we are committed to providing partners with proactive tools that reduce risk and strengthen resilience. It feels good to have that work acknowledged as we continue supporting the channel community.”
The CRN 2025 Stellar Startups list will be featured online at CRN.com/StellarStartups beginning Nov. 10, 2025.
About HacWare
HacWare is the future of cybersecurity training because we are solving the root cause of data breaches ... Human error! HacWare makes it easy for lean security teams and security developers to provide AI-powered cybersecurity user training solutions. This automated technology helps busy workforces learn about cyber threats and how to protect themselves from spear-phishing attacks and Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams. HacWare uses cloud technology, AI-supervised learning to identify internal risks to email hacks. Then auto-generate personalized phishing campaigns to keep employees alert and educated. HacWare's products have helped companies around the world combat advanced phishing attacks to reduce malware outbreaks by 60%.
For more information about HacWare, visit www.hacware.com. Follow HacWare on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Blog
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