State, Local & Education

Five staff isn't a SOC. Shield doesn't need one.

Shield gives enterprise and mid-market security teams a prevention-first network defense. Shield blocks malicious traffic at the network layer using the Global Threat Engine and 8.5 billion IP and DNS combinations refined since 2001.

At a Glance

What it does	Blocks malicious network traffic at the network layer using reputation-based threat intelligence.
Who it's for	Security teams needing prevention-first network defense.
How it deploys	Shield's five products cover cloud, Shield OnPremise, endpoint, monitoring, and management.
What you get	Prevention of known-bad connections with full evidence of what was blocked.

Know More. Miss Less.

You read the K-12 ransomware tracker on Mondays. You watched the superintendent two states over forced to resign over a response. The next SLCGP funding round closes in 60 days, and you're looking for a control your board will approve, your staff can run, and your fiscal calendar will accommodate. Shield was built for the team you actually have.

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What you've already paid for

Shield strengthens the stack your board already approved.

You have a firewall. You have CrowdStrike or Defender. You have content filtering. You have a backup story. You have the technology investments your previous boards approved, and you don't want to rip any of them out. Shield doesn't ask you to. It closes the one gap your existing tools weren't built to close: pre-emptive, reputation-based blocking on every connection your network attempts, in or out.

Reduce burnout, not headcount.

Shield blocks malicious connections without generating alerts. Your existing team prioritizes resolution, not triage. Five staff stays five staff. Helpdesk queue keeps moving.

Strengthen what you have.

Shield seamlessly integrates into your existing environment and takes the burden off your IT teams and other security products so they perform better. Over time, Shield can take the place of products you're paying for, allowing you to consolidate the stack.

Block the call before encryption.

Ransomware crews target K-12 because the networks are flat and under-resourced. Shield blocks the outbound coordination traffic those crews depend on against 8.5 billion IP/DNS combos. The call doesn't complete.

Use cases

Where Shield earns its place in SLED networks.

Use case

School district ransomware.

Buses can't be tracked, attendance can't be taken, IEPs are inaccessible: that's the worst-case board scenario. Shield blocks the C2 traffic ransomware crews depend on before encryption begins.

Use case

County and city protection.

Court systems, water utilities, and city operations live on the same network as the rec center. Shield drops adversary recon and exfiltration traffic at the edge without requiring new agents on legacy systems.

Use case

Higher-ed open networks.

Research universities run open networks by design. Shield evaluates traffic against the Global Threat Engine without inspecting academic content. Bad traffic drops, legitimate research keeps moving.

What you sign for

An SLCGP-funded pilot. A board-ready report.

Week one: Shield deploys on Stratus or Shield OnPremise in Observe Mode. Week two: we surface the pre-emptive blocks Shield would have made, ransomware C2, malicious recon, exfiltration attempts, and the devices generating them. Week three: the findings are packaged as a written board-ready report, sized to the timeline that matches your district fiscal calendar. Bring it to the board, the carrier, or the auditor.

Eligible under SLCGP cyber goals. State cooperative procurement vehicles supported. One-year terms aligned to your fiscal calendar.

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SLCGP-aligned. Maps to cyber goals in the federal grant guidance.
Board-ready. The report is written for non-technical readers, with technical detail in the appendix.
Strengthens the stack. Coexists with your firewall, EDR, content filter, and SIEM if you have one.
One-year terms. Fiscal-calendar aligned. Renewal options on your timeline.
Cooperative vehicles supported. State procurement co-ops, NASPO, DIR, and similar.

Five staff isn't a SOC. Shield doesn't need one.

At a Glance

Shield strengthens the stack your board already approved.

Where Shield earns its place in SLED networks.

An SLCGP-funded pilot. A board-ready report.

Ready to see what Shield finds in your environment?