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Organizations need secure AI to move their business forward, but controls and guardrails must not require sacrifices in speed or user experience. Netskope can help you say yes to the AI advantage.
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State and Local Government

State and local government organizations choose Netskope to modernize security, protect sensitive data, and optimize user experience—without compromising performance. By delivering a unified SASE platform, the Netskope One platform helps agencies secure cloud environments, enforce zero trust policies, and ensure compliance with evolving regulations.
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Transform branch and remote access

Enable safe, seamless access to apps, internal data, and secure environments legacy VPNs.

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Protect sensitive data and genAI usage

Gain full data visibility. See who accesses critical data, how often, and where it moves—no more blind spots.

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Optimize costs and network performance

Reduce security tool sprawl and complexity, cut MPLS costs, and improve user experience.

Stronger security, smarter connectivity

Netskope enables public sector organizations to simplify security, improve performance, and optimize IT investments—all without compromising protection.

Fast, secure remote access

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Legacy VPNs create bottlenecks, increase security risks, and degrade user experience. Netskope One Private Access replaces outdated remote access solutions with fast, policy-driven zero trust network access (ZTNA) to internal applications. By eliminating standing access and enforcing strict identity-based controls, organizations can provide seamless, secure connectivity while reducing attack surfaces.

Stronger cloud and SaaS security

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State and local agencies increasingly rely on M365, AWS, Azure, and GCP for critical operations. Netskope One Security Service Edge (SSE) ensures that sensitive data remains protected with a combination of Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), and unified data security policies and controls. This comprehensive security approach provides full visibility and policy enforcement, reducing risks associated with shadow IT, misconfigurations, and evolving cyber threats.

Granular security for contractors and IoT

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Unmanaged devices, IoT, and third-party contractors introduce significant security risks, making it difficult to control access to sensitive systems and data. Netskope One Private Access ensures that only authorized users and verified devices can connect to critical applications, enforcing least-privilege access without requiring a VPN. While Netskope One Device Intelligence provides unprecedented visibility into all connected devices across networks and branch offices. By reducing exposure to potential threats, organizations can strengthen security while enabling external partnerships and digital transformation initiatives.

AI governance and data protection

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The rapid adoption of generative AI and machine learning tools presents new challenges, including data exfiltration risks and compliance concerns. Netskope provides deep visibility into how genAI is being used in state and local government, where sensitive data is being processed, and whether security policies are being enforced effectively. By proactively monitoring AI-driven activity, organizations can protect against unauthorized data movement, prevent accidental exposure, and ensure alignment with state and federal cybersecurity regulations.

Cost avoidance and better performance

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Government and education IT budgets are often constrained by the high costs of MPLS networks, legacy VPNs, and fragmented security solutions. Netskope helps organizations reduce expenses by consolidating SWG, CASB, ZTNA, and SDWAN into a single unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platform, Netskope One. This unified approach not only optimizes network performance but also simplifies security management, reduces operational overhead, and improves user experience—all without compromising protection.

Legacy VPNs create bottlenecks, increase security risks, and degrade user experience. Netskope One Private Access replaces outdated remote access solutions with fast, policy-driven zero trust network access (ZTNA) to internal applications. By eliminating standing access and enforcing strict identity-based controls, organizations can provide seamless, secure connectivity while reducing attack surfaces.

State and local agencies increasingly rely on M365, AWS, Azure, and GCP for critical operations. Netskope One Security Service Edge (SSE) ensures that sensitive data remains protected with a combination of Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), and unified data security policies and controls. This comprehensive security approach provides full visibility and policy enforcement, reducing risks associated with shadow IT, misconfigurations, and evolving cyber threats.

Unmanaged devices, IoT, and third-party contractors introduce significant security risks, making it difficult to control access to sensitive systems and data. Netskope One Private Access ensures that only authorized users and verified devices can connect to critical applications, enforcing least-privilege access without requiring a VPN. While Netskope One Device Intelligence provides unprecedented visibility into all connected devices across networks and branch offices. By reducing exposure to potential threats, organizations can strengthen security while enabling external partnerships and digital transformation initiatives.

The rapid adoption of generative AI and machine learning tools presents new challenges, including data exfiltration risks and compliance concerns. Netskope provides deep visibility into how genAI is being used in state and local government, where sensitive data is being processed, and whether security policies are being enforced effectively. By proactively monitoring AI-driven activity, organizations can protect against unauthorized data movement, prevent accidental exposure, and ensure alignment with state and federal cybersecurity regulations.

Government and education IT budgets are often constrained by the high costs of MPLS networks, legacy VPNs, and fragmented security solutions. Netskope helps organizations reduce expenses by consolidating SWG, CASB, ZTNA, and SDWAN into a single unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platform, Netskope One. This unified approach not only optimizes network performance but also simplifies security management, reduces operational overhead, and improves user experience—all without compromising protection.

Unmatched performance with a global NewEdge network

With 75+ POPs worldwide and direct peering with Microsoft, Netskope delivers best-in-class performance for cloud applications, reducing latency and improving the digital experience for remote workers and students.

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Cut complexity—Unify security and networking

Managing multiple cyber security and network tools creates complexity, increases costs, and slows down operations. Netskope’s unified SASE platform, Netskope One, helps state and local governments, as well as educational institutions, eliminate inefficiencies, reduce redundant licensing, and streamline security management—delivering stronger protection with lower overhead.

By standardizing on a consolidated security and networking platform, state and local government organizations can:

  • Reduce tool sprawl—Eliminate overlapping solutions, cut procurement costs, and simplify IT management.
  • Improve operational efficiency—Unify security policies and access controls across the entire organization.
  • Lower administrative overhead—Automate updates, compliance reporting, and policy enforcement.
  • Future-proof security—Adopt a scalable solution that evolves with state mandates and emerging cyber threats.
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Uncompromising security and compliance

Netskope upholds the highest standards of security, performance, and transparency to protect government and education organizations.

 

Private infrastructure that meets the highest standards
Our SASE platform ensures that data centers, infrastructure, and processes meet rigorous compliance requirements through advanced security controls, redundancy, and independent audits.

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Solutions to support your compliance journey

Transparency is critical in any partnership, that’s why we show you exactly how Netskope products and solutions align with leading regulatory frameworks – fully, partially, or not at all. By mapping our controls to regulatory and compliance standards such FedRAMP, HIPAA, ISO 27001, and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework we enable you to build right from day one, helping public sector teams optimize efficiency, protection, and cost-effectiveness.

Integrated to optimize technology Investment

Netskope provides an open architecture with over 100 partners, direct integrations, and channel partners.

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How does Netskope protect municipal infrastructure from local ransomware and cyber threats? link link

Ransomware frequently slips through encrypted web traffic or unvetted cloud tools used across diverse local departments. The Netskope Zero Trust Engine processes all web, SaaS, and private application traffic through a single-pass architecture. It decrypts and scans traffic exactly once at the edge using machine learning behavior analysis and real-time sandboxing. This blocks zero-day malware payloads before they can infect a remote employee’s device or move laterally into city registries.

 

Ransomware frequently slips through encrypted web traffic or unvetted cloud tools used across diverse local departments.

Can Netskope secure the use of Generative AI tools within government agencies? link link

Yes. While municipal workers use GenAI to speed up administrative tasks and public communications, pasting citizen data into public tools creates massive privacy liabilities. Netskope’s SkopeAI acts as an inline governance layer, enforcing real-time AI Guardrails. It automatically blocks sensitive data—such as tax records, court filings, or voter PII—from being submitted into public AI models, allowing teams to innovate safely without creating regulatory exposure.

 

Yes. While municipal workers use GenAI to speed up administrative tasks and public communications, pasting citizen data into public tools creates massive privacy liabilities.

How does Netskope help state and local agencies satisfy data privacy laws and compliance frameworks? link link

Netskope One holds FedRAMP High Authorization (the highest standard for government cloud security) and is certified across HIPAA, SOC 2/3, and ISO frameworks. For SLG teams specifically, Netskope maps its security controls directly to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) v2.0. This cross-mapping gives your IT team audit-ready visibility, continuous data isolation, and traceable tracking to easily prove data compliance to state auditors.

 

Netskope One holds FedRAMP High Authorization (the highest standard for government cloud security) and is certified across HIPAA, SOC 2/3, and ISO frameworks.

How can we immediately procure Netskope without navigating a lengthy standalone RFP process? link link

To accommodate rigid state budget timelines, Netskope is readily obtainable through major pre-negotiated state, regional, and national contract vehicles. This streamlines acquisition and lets you deploy within days:

  • NASPO ValuePoint
  • OMNIA Partners
  • Texas DIR & CMAS (California)
  • NY Office of General Services & Maryland CATS

 

To accommodate rigid state budget timelines, Netskope is readily obtainable through major pre-negotiated state, regional, and national contract vehicles.

How does a unified SASE platform lower total cost of ownership (TCO) for local governments? link link

Local governments frequently waste tax dollars managing a fragmented patchwork of point products (separate firewalls, web filters, and VPN appliances). Netskope One consolidates these into a single converged SASE architecture managed from one cloud console. By eliminating redundant multi-vendor licensing, cutting expensive MPLS routing dependencies, and automating compliance reporting, agencies significantly reduce administrative overhead and achieve hard budget savings.

Local governments frequently waste tax dollars managing a fragmented patchwork of point products (separate firewalls, web filters, and VPN appliances).
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