Government & Public Sector
We find out whether your networks, workstations, public websites and resident records are safe from attackers, and fix what we find. Counties and cities run dozens of services on thin budgets, with residents' records, public safety and utilities in the same building. We separate them, secure access and keep small teams in control.
A county or city runs more lines of business than most companies: records, courts, public safety, roads, utilities, elections and a hundred small offices. Each one grew its own systems, and residents' data sits on all of them. A small IT team is expected to defend that estate against the same attackers that go after banks.
Our team separates what should be separate, puts strong sign-in in front of what is sensitive and prepares the organization for the day something fails. We work with public purchase rules and leave the staff able to run what we build.
What we see in your industry
- Departments grew their own networks and systems. A clerk's laptop, a jail door controller and a water plant should not share a network.
- Ransomware keeps hitting local governments, and recovery depends on tested backups and a rehearsed plan, not on good intentions.
- Cloud purchases need evidence. GovRAMP, a nonprofit program, verifies cloud providers against NIST controls at several levels, which helps a buyer compare vendors.
- Budgets run on cycles and procurement rules. We write plans that fit a public purchase process and leave the team able to operate what we build.
Separation comes first. Departments, public safety, building systems, guest Wi-Fi and utilities each get their own segment with default-deny rules between them, so one infected laptop cannot reach everything.
Sign-in comes second. Passkeys on FIDO2 security keys and on phones replace passwords and one-time codes that phishing kits can steal, and conditional access checks the device before it reaches an application.
Recovery comes third. Immutable backups, a recovery order agreed with department heads and an exercise that rehearses ransomware turn a crisis into a procedure. Our ransomware checklist covers the steps.
Buying cloud services comes fourth. GovRAMP is a nonprofit program that verifies cloud products against NIST controls at levels from a security snapshot to authorized status, and a buyer can use the level as one input when comparing vendors. The rules of a state, a county or a police agency still govern what data may go where, and we help your counsel read them.
Every agency's forms and procedures can run offline. Our Apocalypse IT Package is an on-premises continuity kit with a local reference library, document scanning, a private AI desk, chat and battery backup, offered to every customer.
Related work on our track record: a county's segmented network and passkeys (illustrative), a school district's CIPA-filtered network (illustrative), a hospital's segmented clinical network and a utility's IEC 62443 zones (illustrative).
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Direct answers to the questions we hear most. Something else on your mind?
Send us a messageHow do you separate departments on a county or city network?
We inventory networks and data flows with each department head, then segment with VRFs and VLANs and a default-deny firewall between them, with logged exceptions. A clerk's laptop, a jail door controller and a water plant should not share a network.
Can you replace passwords with passkeys across government staff?
Yes. We deploy FIDO2/WebAuthn passkeys: security keys for administrators and finance, platform passkeys on managed devices for other staff, and the old passwords and SMS codes retired in stages.
How do you prepare a local government for ransomware?
With immutable, tested backups for key systems, a recovery order agreed in writing with department heads, and a rehearsed incident plan. Recovery depends on tested backups and a practiced plan, not on good intentions.
What is GovRAMP and why does it matter?
GovRAMP is a nonprofit program that verifies cloud providers against NIST controls at several levels, which helps a buyer compare vendors. We use it as one input when advising on cloud purchases; it does not replace your own review.
Can you write plans that fit public procurement rules?
Yes. We write procurement-ready scopes that fit budget cycles and purchase processes, and we leave your team able to operate and renew what we build. Pricing is discussed during scoping.
Can you work with a sheriff's office or other agency with its own security rules?
Yes. We build a separate enclave to the requirements the state agency sets, managed by the county only as the agency allows.