Why Tartan
Many Illinois districts get phishing tests from SecureHalo through their cyber insurance, and their insurer wants them to keep it. Schools tell us those tests end in a report, and the follow-up is left to IT. Tartan App runs alongside SecureHalo, with a short lesson the moment someone clicks, school videos, and a report button for staff.
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Why Tartan wins
Here's what IT directors using SecureHalo's insurance phishing tests have told us, and what Tartan adds next to it.
Schools tell us SecureHalo's tests come with a report of who opened, clicked, or entered information, and the follow-up is up to IT. Tartan shows micro-training in under 30 seconds the moment someone clicks. Tartan also has 60+ short school videos, and each one ends in a quick quiz.
With insurance-run tests, the campaign is sent for you and you get the results. In Tartan, you pick the school services the emails imitate and set a 15, 30, 60, or 90-day cycle. Each staff member gets a different email at a random time.
Schools on SecureHalo tell us staff report suspicious emails by forwarding them to IT. Tartan App Shield adds a report button to Gmail and Outlook. Every report goes to Threat Manager, and Tartan can remove a reported threat from inboxes.
Comparison
A clear view of where Tartan fits K-12 needs compared with SecureHalo.
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Texas Cyber Command certified Tartan App’s cybersecurity awareness training program for the 2026–2027 program year.
K-12 proof
Measured result
With Tartan's phishing practice all year, SAU #13's simulated phishing click rates have decreased 52%.
Testimonial
"Most importantly, our overall click rate on simulated phishing emails has dropped since we started using the product. That reduction in successful clicks is the most direct indicator that the training is working."
SAU #13
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FAQs
Yes. Many schools keep SecureHalo because their cyber insurer asks for it. Tartan's products are sold separately, so you can add video training and the report button without a second phishing program, or run Tartan's phishing simulations as well.
Schools that get SecureHalo through their cyber insurance tell us it costs them nothing extra, and SecureHalo doesn't publish prices. Tartan's products are sold separately, so you can keep SecureHalo for phishing tests and add only what it doesn't cover. For a district with one school, staff video training is $30 a year, and the report button with Threat Manager is $45 a year. Tartan's full staff package, with its own phishing simulations, is $191 a year.
SecureHalo's education page says it builds customized training programs for schools, and it lists no courses or videos (as of Nov 2026). Schools using its insurance phishing tests tell us training after a click is left to them. Tartan is the training itself: micro-training at the click and 60+ short videos.