Shield brings prevention-first network security to critical infrastructure environments. Shield blocks malicious traffic at the network layer using the Global Threat Engine and 8.5 billion IP and DNS combinations refined since 2001.
| 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. |
Cities, counties, and regional authorities have become the most-attacked public sector category, with ransomware actors specifically targeting municipal services for maximum disruption. Shield deploys in hours, fits municipal procurement vehicles, and runs without the SOC team you do not have.
Municipalities operate under conflicting time pressures: an active and immediate ransomware threat, and a procurement process that can take six to twelve months. Shield is sized to move at procurement speed without leaving you exposed during the wait.
Police dispatch, courts, water billing, traffic systems. Ransomware operators target municipal services because the disruption forces a decision. Shield blocks the C2 traffic ransomware needs before encryption begins.
Cooperative purchasing, state contracts, and local procurement rules drive how you buy. Shield is available through major public-sector contract vehicles and through partners that hold them.
When something happens, you have to explain it in public. Shield event logs provide a clear, plain-language record of what was blocked and why.
Most municipalities run their entire IT and security operation through a small team, often a single director with a couple of staff and a network of contractors. Shield is sized for that reality.
Shield supports the network monitoring, access control, and audit logging requirements your auditor will ask about. The mapping below is the short version. The full crosswalk lives on the Compliance page.
Shield supports CIS Controls 12 (Network Infrastructure Management) and 13 (Network Monitoring & Defense), the controls most state CISOs reference for municipal cybersecurity baselines.
Shield supports the network monitoring and boundary protection requirements that state CISOs commonly include in municipal cybersecurity guidance and grant program requirements.
Shield event log exports support the threat reporting and information sharing many MS-ISAC member municipalities use to coordinate with the state-level cybersecurity teams.
Most municipal Shield deployments go from procurement signature to running in observe-only mode within the same week. No multi-month integration project.
Event log exports show council members exactly what Shield blocked in plain language. The cybersecurity line item becomes defensible at budget time.
Cyber insurance underwriters increasingly require evidence of network monitoring. Shield satisfies that question with documentation municipal IT teams can produce in minutes.
A short proof of value runs Shield in observe-only mode on your network. We document together. Bring the report to your council. Make the budget case with evidence.
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