“We were looking for a SIEM and needed a cost-effective solution that didn’t require us to manage it all ourselves. My team lacked experience, so we needed a tool that would help with that.”
Monte Sonksen
IT Manager, City of Bettendorf, Iowa
Why Local Governments ❤️ Blumira
Budget Friendly
A fixed cost structure with unlimited data plus a platform that requires no additional resources means better security without breaking the bank
Focus on What Matters
Pre-built tools, processes and included support to help you meet compliance requirements and withstand attacks without your team being stretched too thin
Never Go It Alone
From 24/7 incident support, to an always updated platform, plus tools to help your team upskill, Blumira was built to be your partner
Concentrate on Core Priorities
Operational Resilience vs.
Unlike competitors focused solely on detecting the next threat, we focus on building operational resilience that can withstand continually evolving attacks along with operational risks. Incidents are inevitable — disruption doesn’t need to be. We help you with comprehensive visibility across your local, hosted, and endpoint environment through our SIEM and EDR. And when something needs attention, the XDR provides an integrated set of automated, guided, and supported response options to make sure you never go it alone.
Operational Resilience vs.
Threat Obsession
Unlike competitors focused solely on detecting the next threat, we focus on building operational resilience that can withstand continually evolving attacks along with operational risks. Incidents are inevitable — disruption doesn’t need to be. We help you with comprehensive visibility across your local, hosted, and endpoint environment through our SIEM and EDR. And when something needs attention, the XDR provides an integrated set of automated, guided, and supported response options to make sure you never go it alone.
Audit-Ready Security Made Easy
Many states require local governments to adopt cybersecurity controls consistent with NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) or CJIS (Criminal Justice Information Services) generally-acceptable best practices. Blumira helps agencies with multiple NIST CSF 2.0, NIST 800-53, and CJIS controls
Detect & Respond
Continuous security monitoring, incident analysis, incident response reporting and communication, and incident mitigation
Audit & Accountability
Event logging; audit record review, analysis and reporting; audit record retention, and more
System Monitoring
External and internal monitoring, observability of audit activity in real-time, unauthorized use of the system and moreLocal Governments Find Success With Blumira
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City of Murrieta
Visibility into ransomware actors & CJIS complianceLike other state and local government entities, the City of Murrieta faced challenges of high attack volume, limited budgets, and complex compliance requirements. On the compliance side, the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) policy from the FBI drives their need to support their police department and follow strict guidelines to keep criminal justice information secure.
The solution – Blumira's free SIEM allowed them to determine the scope of their ransomware incident within 10 minutes of deployment.
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City of Bettendorf
Seeking Cost-Effective, Low Maintenance SIEMThe city’s IT team was responsible for both IT and security; with limited security backgrounds, the IT team was in the market for a low-effort, high-value solution. Monte Sonksen, IT Manager, joined as lead of the city’s IT team recently, spending the past 18 months building out their security program, finding the right tools and identifying risks to keep the organization safe. The City of Bettendorf also needed to comply with Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS), a regulatory framework mandated by the FBI to help protect criminal justice data as processed by state, local, and federal governments’ police and sheriff departments.
The solution – Blumira provided SIEM + XDR capabilities with curated rules and actionable data, plus responsive, excellent customer support.
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The City of Crescent City
Ransomware Threat Mitigation For 1-Person IT TeamThe City of Crescent City needed a security solution that their 1-person IT team could easily manage, in addition to the daily management of their servers, workstations, cloud applications and mobile device management. Traditional syslog applications weren’t providing enough security coverage, so a SIEM solution was needed to offer the comprehensive visibility they needed while also performing proactive threat hunting on their behalf.
The solution – A trial of Blumira was set up within an afternoon, providing easy management, threat hunting and guided remediation.
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Ottawa County
Securing Complex Cloud Infrastructure + Meeting ComplianceOttawa County’s complex infrastructure and busy IT team required an affordable, easy-to-use, automated detection and response solution to reduce manual log reviews required for state and local government compliance regulations.
The solution – Blumira’s Cloud Security Deployed in Days; Responsive Security Support
Visibility into ransomware actors & CJIS compliance
Like other state and local government entities, the City of Murrieta faced challenges of high attack volume, limited budgets, and complex compliance requirements. On the compliance side, the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) policy from the FBI drives their need to support their police department and follow strict guidelines to keep criminal justice information secure.
The solution – Blumira's free SIEM allowed them to determine the scope of their ransomware incident within 10 minutes of deployment.
Seeking Cost-Effective, Low Maintenance SIEM
The city’s IT team was responsible for both IT and security; with limited security backgrounds, the IT team was in the market for a low-effort, high-value solution. Monte Sonksen, IT Manager, joined as lead of the city’s IT team recently, spending the past 18 months building out their security program, finding the right tools and identifying risks to keep the organization safe. The City of Bettendorf also needed to comply with Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS), a regulatory framework mandated by the FBI to help protect criminal justice data as processed by state, local, and federal governments’ police and sheriff departments.
The solution – Blumira provided SIEM + XDR capabilities with curated rules and actionable data, plus responsive, excellent customer support.
Ransomware Threat Mitigation For 1-Person IT Team
The City of Crescent City needed a security solution that their 1-person IT team could easily manage, in addition to the daily management of their servers, workstations, cloud applications and mobile device management. Traditional syslog applications weren’t providing enough security coverage, so a SIEM solution was needed to offer the comprehensive visibility they needed while also performing proactive threat hunting on their behalf.
The solution – A trial of Blumira was set up within an afternoon, providing easy management, threat hunting and guided remediation.
Securing Complex Cloud Infrastructure + Meeting Compliance
Ottawa County’s complex infrastructure and busy IT team required an affordable, easy-to-use, automated detection and response solution to reduce manual log reviews required for state and local government compliance regulations.
The solution – Blumira’s Cloud Security Deployed in Days; Responsive Security Support