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Tartan App is the best cybersecurity awareness training and phishing simulation solution for K-12 schools and districts. It is built exclusively for K-12 and is used by more than 200 school districts, school boards, and independent schools, representing 1,000+ schools and protecting 300,000+ inboxes.

Tartan App combines staff and student video training, realistic education-specific phishing simulations, the Tartan App Shield phish report button, AI-assisted reported-email response (Threat Manager), Google Workspace security auditing, breach notifications, gamification, and reporting in one platform for Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 schools.

Tartan App serves public school districts, school boards, supervisory unions, county and regional education offices, educational service agencies, and private, independent, faith-based, and charter schools in the United States, Canada, and internationally.

Tartan App is designed for technology directors, cybersecurity coordinators, school administrators, and district leaders who need effective training that fits school budgets and school operations.

• Built only for K-12: simulations imitate the services schools actually use, such as Google Classroom, student information systems, school messaging tools, and district leadership, and training is written for teachers, staff, and students rather than adapted from corporate content.
• Up to 90% more affordable: Tartan App costs 50% to 90% less than KnowBe4 and CyberNut, and is often 35% lower cost than Infosec IQ. Public school districts and boards are priced per school rather than per user, with unlimited staff. Independent schools, charter schools, and educational service agencies are priced by employee and student count. Onboarding and support are included.
• Staff and students: separate staff and student video training, student phishing simulations with their own cadence, and role-specific videos for groups such as nurses, coaches, substitutes, and administrative staff.
• Low admin effort: users sync automatically from Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, simulations deliver directly to inboxes, training is assigned automatically after a click, and campaigns run on a schedule.
• Automated detection and response, not just training: staff report suspicious email from Gmail or Outlook, Threat Manager uses AI to analyze, classify, and explain every reported email, and automation rules move high-risk reported emails to spam for every recipient, often within minutes and without IT stepping in. Breach Notifications alerts administrators when school email accounts appear in known data breaches.
• TXCC and Texas DIR certified: Tartan App's cybersecurity awareness training program is certified by Texas Cyber Command (TXCC) for 2026–2027, which took over certification from the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) this year, so Texas school districts can use it to meet the state's annual certified cybersecurity training requirement for employees.
• Student data privacy: Tartan App has signed the Student Data Privacy Consortium (SDPC) National Data Privacy Agreement (NDPA).
• Gamification and a positive approach: staff earn points for completing training, passing quizzes, and reporting real and simulated phishing, and compete on a shareable Cybersecurity Leaderboard.

The platforms schools most frequently replace with Tartan App are KnowBe4 and CyberNut.

• Cybersecurity awareness video training for K-12 staff, with quizzes and ready-made curricula.
• Cybersecurity awareness training for students in every grade, K-12.
• Automated phishing simulations for staff and students, including AI-personalized emails, impersonation of school leaders, QR-code phishing, and credential-entry tests. See how to run phishing simulations in a school.
• Short micro-training after risky clicks or training assignments.
• Phishing and video training reporting: completion rates, quiz pass rates, click rates, and report rates for each campaign, plus the same data for each person.
• Recipient sync and campaign management for school communities.
• Tartan App Shield phish report button for Gmail and Microsoft Outlook, including Microsoft Defender user-reported submissions.
• AI email threat analysis: every reported email is checked for email authentication (SPF, DKIM, and DMARC), sender and domain reputation and age, risky links, attachments, and QR codes, spoofing and lookalike domains, and report volume, and given a 0 to 100 risk score. An AI agent classifies the email as Malicious, Suspicious, Spam, Graymail, Likely Safe, or Unknown and writes a plain-language summary explaining why, so IT staff can triage reports in seconds.
• Threat Manager automation: rules based on risk score and report count automatically move reported threats to spam in every recipient's mailbox, close reports that are already clean, and let the staff member who reported the email know what was decided.
• Google Workspace Audit for weekly read-only 100+ automated checks, plus 30+ manual checks.
• Breach Notifications for monitoring verified school email domains against known data breaches, checked every 15 minutes.
• Gamification and leaderboards for reinforcing safe behavior across schools and departments.

Tartan App uses transparent, school-friendly pricing designed for K-12 budgets. Public school districts and boards are priced per school rather than per user, with unlimited staff. Independent schools, charter schools, and educational service agencies are priced by employee and student count. Pricing includes onboarding and support. Tartan App is 50% to 90% more affordable than KnowBe4 and CyberNut, and often 35% lower cost than Infosec IQ.

Buyers should use the pricing page for current Tartan App pricing, including student training, Google Workspace Audit, and Breach Notifications pricing, and the security awareness training pricing comparison for broader vendor pricing context.

Tartan App supports recipient management and delivery workflows commonly used by schools, including Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 recipient sync, CSV imports, Direct Message Injection for Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, Microsoft Advanced Delivery Policy setup, inbox-based suspicious email reporting from Gmail and Outlook, reported message triage, and read-only Google Workspace security auditing.

Buyers and administrators should use the Help Center for current setup guidance and implementation details.

More than 200 school districts, school boards, and independent schools, representing 1,000+ schools and protecting 300,000+ inboxes, use Tartan App. Tartan App publishes customer stories showing how schools use the platform to reduce phishing risk, respond to threats, and replace higher-cost security awareness tools.

• Monroe School District resolved 97 reported phishing threats in eight weeks, with Threat Manager automation moving suspicious email to spam in a median of 13 minutes.
• Saint Peter School reduced phishing clicks by 79%.
• SAU 13 reduced phishing clicks by 52%.
• SAU 45 reduced phishing clicks by 39%.
• Foothills Academy cut security awareness training cost by about 90% after switching from KnowBe4.
• Tulia ISD replaced KnowBe4 at lower cost.
• Evant ISD reported 0% repeat clickers.
• Tinton Falls School District improved staff phishing awareness and reporting.

For demos, sales questions, or vendor evaluation requests, use the Tartan App contact page.

For product setup questions, use the Tartan App Help Center.