Safer Schools Together

What Safer Schools Together does

Safer Schools Together (SST), founded in 2008 and headquartered in Surrey, British Columbia with a US regional office in Solana Beach, California, delivers violence prevention, digital threat assessment, and bullying intervention services to K-12 schools, school districts, law enforcement agencies, and higher education institutions across North America. The company pioneered the Digital Threat Assessment® (DTA) methodology and combines it with the US Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center's Behavioral Threat Assessment model to produce the proprietary Behavioral and Digital Threat Assessment® (BDTA) framework. Its core product is DTAM™ (Digital Threat Assessment and Management), a patent-pending cloud-based platform featuring an OSINT Discovery Wizard, guided threat classification workflows, digital safety plans, multi-platform evidence collection, and FERPA/FIPPA/PIPEDA-compliant multi-region data residency; the upcoming SAVE AI pipeline is intended to add image, baseline, and case-level intelligence analysis on top of the existing human-analyst workflow.

The company's revenue model blends transactional, recurring, and professional services streams. Live virtual training sessions are priced per attendee at $69–$329; ICDTA® (International Center for Digital Threat Assessment), operated as a wholly-owned sub-brand, sells on-demand video module subscriptions on annual and pay-as-you-go terms; a Train the Trainer Certification is offered at $2,500 with a two-year district delivery right; DTAM™ and Worrisome Online Behavior™ (WOB) Reports are sold as subscriptions; and 24/7 case consultations produce Digital Baseline Reports within 24 hours. Distribution combines enterprise field sales to school districts and law enforcement, a self-serve online learning channel via icdta.org, monthly Current Online Behavioral Trends sessions, and an annual Gangs & Guns Training Symposium. The customer base is described as 'hundreds of teams across North America' with named engagements spanning BC and Canadian school districts, the BC Ministry of Public Safety, and US clients including Guam Schools.

Name

Safer Schools Together

Legal name

Safer Schools Together

Website

https://saferschoolstogether.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Safer Schools Together delivers digital threat assessment, violence prevention training, and school safety software (DTAM™) to K-12 schools, school districts, law enforcement agencies, and higher education institutions across North America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

School Safety & Threat Assessment Software

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Crisis Response & Threat Assessment (Suicide Prevention, Violence Prevention) (EDAJAIAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

School Safety, Security & Emergency Preparedness (EDAJAIAF), Student Online Safety Monitoring & Self-Harm/Risk Detection (EDAFALAF), Cyberbullying Prevention, Reporting & Case Management (EDAFALAG)

Keywords

• School threat assessment
• Digital threat management
• School safety training
• Behavioral threat assessment
• OSINT threat analysis

Headquarters

HQ city

Surrey

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Live Virtual Training Sessions: One-time purchase training sessions delivered virtually covering topics like Digital Threat Assessment, Behavioral and Digital Threat Assessment, Cyberbullying, Critical Incident Response. Prices range from $69 to $329 per session per person.
2. ICDTA® On-Demand Subscription: Annual subscription plans for access to full micro and macro module library, monthly online trends updates, certificates, and complimentary resources. Single module purchases also available.
3. Train the Trainer Certification: Certification program fee of $2,500 including prerequisites fees, access to all ICDTA® on-demand training modules, and monthly Current Online Behavioral Trends & Updates sessions. Two-year certification to conduct DTA sessions within district.
4. 10 Session Subscription: Subscription to monthly sessions for Fall 2026 covering digital landscape changes and threat assessment updates. Recordings available for 30 days following each session.
5. Worrisome Online Behavior™ (WOB) Reports: Monthly/bi-monthly comprehensive reports providing real-time analysis of social media activity to identify potential threats. Customized for school districts.
6. Case Consultations / Digital Baseline Reports: On-demand threat assessment consultations with 24/7 availability. Produces Digital Baseline Reports (DBRs) within 24 hours for incident-specific situations.
7. DTAM™ Platform Subscription: Cloud-based software platform for managing Digital Threat Assessments with guided workflows, secure evidence storage, and PDF reporting. Enterprise-grade security with multi-region data residency.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Safer Schools Together sells Digital Threat Assessment® training, certifications, and the DTAM™ cloud-based software platform to K-12 schools, school districts, higher education institutions, and law enforcement agencies. Its offerings combine live and on-demand training, OSINT-enabled threat assessment software, anonymous student reporting tools, and 24/7 case consultation services for schools and public safety teams.

Product overview

Safer Schools Together operates as a unified platform-plus-modules architecture offering both software and training services. The core product is DTAM™ (Digital Threat Assessment and Management™), a patent-pending cloud-based software platform that provides centralized management of Digital Threat Assessments® with guided workflows. Complementary services include WOB™ Reports for monthly social media analysis, 24/7 Threat Assessment Support/Case Consultations, and GRIP gang prevention programming. PSSTWorld and erase Report It provide anonymous student reporting tools. The training division includes ICDTA® (International Center for Digital Threat Assessment®) as a sub-brand offering on-demand courses, alongside live virtual trainings such as Digital Threat Assessment® Training, Behavioral and Digital Threat Assessment® (BDTA), Advanced DTA Training, Critical Incident Response and Management, and specialized programs on cyberbullying, trauma-informed practices, and current behavioral trends. The Train the Trainer Certification Program enables organizations to deliver SST content independently.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DTAM™ (Digital Threat Assessment and Management) Patent-pending, cloud-based software platform providing centralized, proactive management of Digital Threat Assessments® with guided workflows, OSINT Discovery Wizard, multi-platform digital evidence collection, Digital Safety Plans with automated notifications, and FERPA-/FIPPA-/PIPEDA-compliant multi-region data residency for K-12 and higher education safety teams.
• ICDTA® (International Center for Digital Threat Assessment) On-Demand Learning Platform On-demand video-based training platform providing 24/7 access to micro and macro learning modules on digital threat assessment for law enforcement, school administration, and professionals. Sold via annual subscription plans (full access), single module purchases, and team/group subscriptions.
• Worrisome Online Behavior™ (WOB) Reports Subscription-based monthly or bi-monthly reports summarizing the Digital Behavioral Baseline of school districts, including the most-used social media platforms and localized content indicating Worrisome Online Behavior, customized for each district.
• Threat Assessment Support / Case Consultations On-demand 24/7 access to skilled Threat Analysts for incident-specific situations, producing Digital Baseline Reports (DBRs) within 24 hours for school and law enforcement clients.
• GRIP (Gang Reduction Through Informed Practice) Community-based gang prevention and intervention program designed to educate communities on recognizing gang-associated behaviors and implementing effective prevention strategies through a multidisciplinary approach.
• PSSTWorld Anonymous Reporting Tool Anonymous online reporting tool enabling students to report bullying, abuse, weapons, drugs, suicidal thoughts, and other safety concerns directly to School Safety/Threat Assessment Teams.
• erase Report It Secure, anonymous reporting tool for British Columbia students to report concerning behaviors to school or school district safe school coordinators.
• Digital Threat Assessment® Training Full-day live virtual training teaching participants to establish a Digital Behavioral Baseline through a Safety/Threat Assessment lens, including social media application engagement and digital media documentation, for K-12 and higher education safety teams.
• Behavioral and Digital Threat Assessment® (BDTA) Full-day live virtual training delivering the BDTA blended multidisciplinary model combining SST's Digital Threat Assessment® with NTAC's Behavioral Threat Assessment, providing a 3-step response plan for early identification of individuals on the pathway to violence.
• Advanced Digital Threat Assessment® Training Full-day live virtual training building on foundational DTA content with case scenarios based on real-life situations and standard operating procedures for comprehensive threat assessment reporting.
• Critical Incident Response and Management Training for school leaders on managing critical incidents with trauma-informed, unified response strategies and proactive policies/procedures, including a companion toolkit.
• Trauma-Informed: Managing Memorials 2-hour live virtual training session focusing on critical incident response and best practices for school memory events and memorials from a trauma-informed lens.
• Cyberbullying, Sextortion, and the Pathway to Radicalization Full-day live virtual training addressing cyberbullying, sextortion, online radicalization, and AI-related threats with proactive prevention and intervention strategies for Safety/Threat Assessment Teams.
• Current Online Behavioral Trends and Updates Monthly live sessions providing updated insights on youth digital trends, real-world case scenarios, and recent analyst case files for School Safety/Threat Assessment teams.
• Train the Trainer Certification Program Certification program priced at $2,500 that enables participants to deliver Digital Threat Assessment® and/or Cyberbullying training within their own districts; includes prerequisite fees, ICDTA® on-demand training module access, and monthly Current Online Behavioral Trends & Updates sessions for two years.

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% of modern threats are communicated online before violence occurs
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BC Ministry of Public Safety & Solicitor GeneralcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for implementation of GRIP (Gang Reduction Through Informed Practice) provincial gang prevention and intervention strategy. SST delivers evidence-based gang prevention and intervention practices training to B.C. communities in response to youth gangs.
• National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNTAC's Behavioral Threat Assessment model, built on 20+ years of research, is integrated into SST's Behavioral and Digital Threat Assessment® (BDTA) model. BDTA combines SST's Digital Threat Assessment® with best practices from NTAC's model.
• Surrey RCMP Youth Unit and Gang Enforcement TeamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with law enforcement for gang prevention and intervention. Jessy Johal managed high-risk vulnerable youth in collaboration with Surrey RCMP Youth Unit and Gang Enforcement Team.
• World Gang Summit / National Alliance of Gang Investigators AssociationsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSST provided comprehensive training in Gang Behavioral Analysis through Digital Threat Assessment® to professionals in criminal justice investigation and intervention disciplines at World Gang Summit.
• Courage for FreedomminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for addressing human trafficking in educational settings. Kelly Tallon Franklin, Founder/CEO of Courage for Freedom, presented at SST's Gangs & Guns Training Symposium on supporting survivors of human trafficking in educational settings.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Securly: Securly provides web filtering, student safety monitoring, and online behavioral analytics for K-12 schools — overlapping SST's social media analysis and threat signal detection capabilities at the district platform layer.
• Raptor Technologies: Raptor offers anonymous student reporting (including the acquired Social Sentinel social media monitoring module) along with school safety, visitor management, and threat assessment workflows for K-12 districts — directly overlapping SST's PSSTWorld and DTAM offerings.
• CrisisGo: CrisisGo provides K-12 emergency response, mass notification, and safety management software — a complement/competitor to SST's Critical Incident Response training and broader safety-and-wellbeing offerings.
• GoGuardian: GoGuardian offers student safety and monitoring tools (including GoGuardian Beacon for self-harm and violence detection) used widely in K-12, competing with DTAM and WOB on signal detection and case escalation.
• Navigate360: Navigate360 provides a comprehensive K-12 safety suite that includes behavioral threat assessment, anonymous tip reporting, social media monitoring, and emergency management — the closest full-stack competitor to SST's combined platform plus training offering.
• Bark Technologies: Bark monitors children's and students' messages, social media, and online activity for safety concerns including bullying, self-harm, and violence — directly comparable to SST's Worrisome Online Behavior™ reporting and case consultation services.
• SafeSchools (Raptor): SafeSchools delivers online K-12 staff training on safety, compliance, and student welfare topics, overlapping with SST's ICDTA® on-demand training and custom course catalog.
• Gaggle (PowerSchool): Gaggle monitors student online activity on school-managed platforms to detect threats of self-harm, violence, and bullying; now part of PowerSchool, it competes directly with SST's WOB Reports and DTAM online behavior monitoring.
• Lightspeed Systems: Lightspeed Systems delivers student safety monitoring, web filtering, and digital analytics for K-12 districts — overlapping SST's online behavior monitoring and threat identification use cases in the school IT/safety category.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/safer_schools
• Facebookfacebook.com/SaferSchoolsTogether
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/saferschoolstogether
• Instagraminstagram.com/saferschoolstogether

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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