LEVELING WITH YOU

Cyber Threats and Cybersecurity 

When one of the largest counties in South Carolina decided it was time to buff up their cybersecurity protection, Level Solutions Group was their first choice. The team of data security experts at Level helped the county’s CIO, head of infrastructure and CFO discover the perfect solution to give them peace of mind that their county and the citizens they represented were safe from cyberattacks, leaks and other malicious digital threats.

In the heart of the municipality’s offices, there are servers and data centers and processors. They tell the stoplights when to change, they dispatch emergency vehicles, they house the personal data of all the county’s citizens. They make the cities go.

And all it takes is one bad actor to bring these invisible filaments of society crashing down. Notable examples like the Colonial Pipeline hack are no longer the stuff of disaster fiction and Mission Impossible movies.

Images of gridlocked traffic, firetrucks and ambulances unnotified of emergencies or citizen’s information auctioned off to the highest bidder aren’t hard to conjure up. They stalk our imaginations precisely because they are an all-too-real threat.

The Specter of Cyberattacks

Just like those more visible, physical counterparts—your roads, stoplights and emergency services, just to name a few—a county’s digital infrastructure is vital to a healthy, functioning community. In fact, it’s accurate to say that these physical pieces of infrastructure wouldn’t be functional without their digital counterparts. 

So, it was with this in mind, after a seemingly endless string of digital horror stories in the news—cyberattacks, ransomware and compromised data sets galore—that the CIO of one of the largest counties in South Carolina had had enough waiting around. It was time to take a proactive approach to the growing threat. 

They needed their digital infrastructure protected. It had to be hyper-secure, beyond your average firewall and credential systems. But, at the same time, not so well armored as to hobble regular day-to-day employee access. 

They needed a way to ensure they were keeping the bad guys out but without interfering with the daily tasks of their own employees.

In the past, the county had partnered with Level Solutions Group, and knew they could count on our team of tech gurus to help them address the specter of cyberattacks as well. They made the right call.

A Sequestered Solution

Once the call came in, Level didn’t waste any time. We talked the client through the possibilities—whether they should opt for an on- or off-premises solution, what parts of their infrastructure were most critical and most vulnerable, and what costs were associated with potential solutions. 

With so much information on the line, and so many credentialed county employees with the potential to be compromised, this was a tricky job from a technical standpoint. The county needed robust data security and protection that provided peace-of-mind without interfering with the standard responsibilities of a slew of county officials with varying levels of access.

We went with a sequestered solution. By separating the cyber-resilient infrastructure both logically and physically, we fortified the county’s most crucial datacenters to levels previously unattainable on their own. The solution we arrived at offered high confidence and high value, with a benefit that well outweighed the costs.

We’ll Level with You Too

Even if you aren’t a huge county, we can help keep your data secure, too. The team at Level strives to help you find the just-right solution for your size and needs. Whenever you need an even-minded approach and a partner you can trust to give it to you straight, we’ll Level with you.

Don’t be a headline. Call Level.