A ransomware attack on a city doesn't just inconvenience an IT department — it stops permits, freezes utility billing, locks up court and police records, and lands in the local news. Local governments have become favorite targets precisely because they hold sensitive resident data and run essential services on budgets that can't always stretch to a full security team. At the same time, you're expected to protect records under retention laws, secure public buildings, and survive hurricane season without losing access to critical systems.
Cities and counties combine sensitive resident data, essential services that pressure you to pay fast, and limited security budgets — exactly the three things attackers look for.
Public records have to be retained, secured against tampering, and recoverable on demand — not sitting on a single server that one failure or one attack can take out.
Permitting, billing, dispatch, and court records have to keep running through storms, outages, and attacks — and "the system is down" is a question your residents are entitled to ask.
We protect your systems and resident data, secure your public buildings with cameras and access control, and build the backup, recovery, and continuity that keep essential services running when a storm or an attack hits. Then we document it — clear reporting that holds up to an audit, a public-records request, and a council's questions.
Because they combine three things attackers look for: sensitive resident data, essential services that create pressure to pay quickly when disrupted, and limited security budgets compared to the private sector. Ransomware crews target cities and counties for exactly these reasons. The defense is the same set of fundamentals done consistently — tested backups, MFA, endpoint protection, segmentation, and staff awareness — kept current by a managed security partner.
We plan continuity around the services your residents can't go without — permitting, utility billing, dispatch, records — with reliable backups, recovery procedures, and, where it fits, redundancy and cloud access so staff can keep working even if a building loses power. Given the Gulf Coast's storm season, we design for it deliberately rather than hoping the systems hold.
We handle the technical side: securing public records against loss and tampering, backing them up reliably, and making them recoverable for the periods you're required to retain them. Your records officer and legal counsel own the retention schedule and policy decisions; we build the protection and recovery behind them and document it so you can demonstrate it in an audit or a records request.
Yes. We start with a security assessment that produces a clear, prioritized findings report you can take to council or a board — what to address now, what can be phased, and what it costs — so the spend is justified and documented.
Proactive, monitored IT and security focused on protecting resident data and uptime.
Commercial cameras and auditable entry for city halls, courthouses, and utility yards.
How physical, network, and identity security fit the frameworks you're held to.