Cities, counties, special districts and tribal governments run essential services on small IT teams and tight budgets, and attackers know it. We provide 24/7 monitoring, strong identity controls that support the CJIS Security Policy, vendor oversight and incident response, delivered remotely and scoped to your procurement process.
When ransomware hits a city or county, permits, utility billing, court records and sometimes dispatch go offline, and residents notice the same day.
24/7 detection and response on every endpoint, plus immutable, tested backups so services can be restored without paying a ransom.
Learn more about EDR / MDR →The CJIS Security Policy requires multi-factor authentication for anyone reaching criminal justice information, including staff working from home or a patrol car.
Strong MFA and zero trust access, so only verified users on healthy, managed devices reach CJI and other sensitive systems.
Learn more about Zero trust access →Auditors, insurers and investigators ask who accessed what and when, but logs are scattered across systems and age out in weeks.
A managed SIEM that collects logs from every system, keeps them for your required retention period and makes them easy to pull for an audit.
Learn more about Managed SIEM →Many local governments have one or two IT staff handling help desk, servers and security, with nobody watching nights, weekends or holidays.
A security operations team that monitors around the clock and escalates real threats, so your staff aren't the only line of defense.
Learn more about SOC as a service →Software providers for utilities, courts, public safety and payments often have remote access to your network, and an attack on them becomes an attack on you.
Assessments of new and critical vendors, plus documented controls on how and when each one can connect.
Learn more about Third-party risk assessment →Finance staff get convincing requests to change a contractor's bank details or pay an urgent invoice, sometimes from a hacked vendor mailbox.
Training and phishing simulations built around payment change fraud, vendor impersonation and public records pretexting.
Learn more about Security awareness training →There's a plan on file, but roles, phone trees and who calls the state or the insurer have never been practiced.
A tested incident response plan, tabletop exercises with leadership and an on-call team that works from your plan when it counts.
Learn more about Incident response →Government staff now work from home, in the field and across shared buildings, and vendors connect from outside. Zero trust checks every user and device on every request and limits each one to what their role requires, which is how remote access and CJIS-style controls fit together.
Local governments hold exactly what attackers want: resident records, payment systems, utility controls and, for many agencies, criminal justice information. Ransomware crews target cities and counties because downtime is public and pressure to restore services is intense. Yet a small town or special district might have one IT person, or rely on a part-time contractor, for everything.
Work has also spread out. Planners, inspectors, finance staff and officers work from home, in the field and in shared buildings. Software vendors log in remotely to support utility billing, court management and public safety systems. Every one of those connections is part of what you need to protect, and part of what an auditor or insurer will ask about.
Around-the-clock monitoring. SOC as a service on top of a managed SIEM: logs from every system in one place, retained as long as your policy requires, and analysts watching nights, weekends and holidays.
Identity controls that support CJIS. Multi-factor authentication for every user, zero trust access for remote and field staff, and admin accounts kept separate, documented so your CJIS audit is a review, not a scramble.
Ransomware resilience. Endpoint detection and response, plus backups that are isolated and tested, so a ransomware attack means a restore, not a ransom decision.
Vendor oversight. A clear inventory of which vendors can reach your systems, how they connect, and what security commitments they’ve made.
People who spot fraud. Training and phishing simulations around payment change fraud, vendor impersonation and pretexting, for staff in the office and at home.
Response you’ve practiced. An incident response plan, tabletop exercises with leadership, and an on-call team that works from your plan.
We respond to RFPs and RFQs, scope work to fit purchasing thresholds and budget cycles, and write proposals in plain language a council or board can follow. If a federal or state grant is in play, we help document projects and costs to support your application. Start with your free security score for a quick baseline, or book a free cyber risk analysis to talk through your environment.
Last reviewed November 2, 2026. General information, not legal advice. Upfortify provides security services and readiness support. We are not an auditor, assessor, certification body or law firm.
Around-the-clock monitoring and escalation for teams that can't staff nights, weekends and holidays.
Centralized logs with documented retention, ready for CJIS audits, insurers and investigations.
MFA and device checks for every login, supporting CJIS access requirements for remote and field staff.
A tested plan and a response team on call, with the documentation your state, insurer and counsel will ask for.
A repeatable process for reviewing the software and service providers that touch public systems and data.
A part-time security leader to own your cybersecurity plan, answer council questions and support grant applications.
Yes. We respond to RFPs and RFQs from cities, counties, special districts, school-adjacent agencies and tribal governments, and we can scope smaller engagements to fit under purchasing thresholds. We provide the security documentation procurement teams usually ask for, such as service descriptions, data handling practices and our approach to CJIS requirements.
There is no official CJIS certification for vendors. Agencies are audited against the FBI CJIS Security Policy by their state's CJIS Systems Agency. Vendor staff with access to criminal justice information must pass fingerprint-based background checks, and the vendor signs the CJIS Security Addendum. Our team has already been through CJIS vetting through our sister IT company, so this is familiar ground. For each new agency we complete its fingerprint checks and Security Addendum with your CJIS contacts, then help you implement and document the technical controls the policy requires.
The current CJIS Security Policy requires multi-factor authentication for users who access criminal justice information, along with encryption, audit logging and controls on the devices used. The exact requirements depend on how and where CJI is accessed. We help map your remote and mobile access to the policy and put the controls in place.
Sometimes. The federal State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program finished its original four-year run and its renewal has been debated in Congress, so funding has been uncertain. When funds are available, they flow through your state's administering agency under its cybersecurity plan. We can help document projects, costs and outcomes so you're ready to apply, but your state decides eligibility.
MS-ISAC moved to a paid, tiered membership after its federal funding ended in September 2025. Some states buy statewide memberships that cover their local governments, so check with your state first. CISA still offers free services such as vulnerability scanning. We work alongside those resources; we don't replace them.
No. We implement and operate security controls and help you prepare documentation. Your CJIS Systems Agency, state auditors and any independent assessors still do the assessment. Keeping those roles separate protects the integrity of your audits.
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