AI is now your top priority.
Cybersecurity is still your biggest risk.
State agencies, counties, cities, districts, and universities are being asked to adopt agentic AI and defend against machine-speed attacks at the same time, with the same team and budget. Dito builds both on one Google Cloud foundation, giving you complete control over how much you operate yourself.
The shared defenses you built your program around have moved.
For two decades, public sector security programs leaned on federally funded shared services and grant cycles to cover what local budgets could not. That arrangement changed in 2025. Meanwhile, AI moved to the top of the state CIO agenda. The work did not get smaller. The safety net did.
MS-ISAC moved to a paid model
Federal funding for the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center ended on September 30, 2025, and the center transitioned to fee-based membership. Monitoring, threat intelligence, and response coordination are now a line item after budgets were already set.
Source: Center for Internet Security; CISA, 2025
Grant funding is no longer a plan
The State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program reached the end of its original four-year authorization, and reauthorization is still moving through Congress. Programs built on a grant cycle now need an operating model that survives one.
Source: CISA; Congressional reauthorization pending
AI displaced cybersecurity at #1
For the first time in twelve years, state CIOs ranked artificial intelligence above cybersecurity in their annual top ten. Cybersecurity moved to number two, with budget and cost control right behind it. Three priorities, one team.
Source: NASCIO State CIO Top 10 Priorities for 2026
Decide how much you run.
Not which package you buy.
Public institutions cannot outsource accountability. A CIO still answers to the legislature, board of supervisors, or trustees no matter who is watching the console at 3 a.m. The first question is how much of the operation you want to own, and when. Dito supports three answers, and you can transition between them seamlessly.
Dito operates.
Dito owns the tenancy.
The fastest path to 24/7 coverage. Dito stands up Google SecOps in our environment and runs monitoring, triage, threat hunting, and incident response on your behalf. You get security operation without hiring cycles or capital requests.
You own the tenancy.
Dito operates it.
The platform, data, detections, and audit trail live in your environment under your contract. Dito supplies analysts and runbooks. If the relationship ever ends, the program stays with you—nothing to migrate or rebuild.
You own it.
Dito hands it over.
A defined transfer program. Dito engineers the log pipeline, writes and tunes detections, builds playbooks, then trains your analysts and steps back on an agreed timeline. Immediate coverage with planned independence.
Whole-of-State Hybrid Support: Most large state initiatives utilize multiple models simultaneously—Model 01 for local entities without SOC staff, alongside Model 02 at the state enterprise layer. This federated architecture is built into our design from day one.
Three platforms.
One security and data boundary.
Most public institutions run a decade of accumulated point tools that lack shared context. Dito consolidates that estate onto Google Cloud so detection, collaboration, and AI draw on the same governed data with identical audit controls.
Google SecOps
Detection and response at machine scale
Google SecOps replaces fragmented legacy SIEM with a platform that ingests full telemetry at predictable costs, applying Mandiant frontline threat intelligence directly to detections.
- Agentic Triage: Autonomous agents evaluate incoming alerts and return evidence-backed verdicts.
- Governed Autonomy: Run agents in shadow mode first; define exact confidence thresholds for automation.
- Mandiant Escalation: Direct access to Mandiant frontline incident response under pre-agreed runbooks.
- Open Ingestion: Ingest existing EDR, firewall, identity, and legacy logs without tool replacement.
Gemini Enterprise
Agentic AI grounded in public records
Bring generative AI to public workflows. Deploy agents grounded in case files, permit records, statutes, and student data—running strictly within your private security boundary.
- Casework & Backlogs: Automatically analyze submitted documents and route exceptions to caseworkers.
- Records & FOIA: Accelerate public record requests, redaction triage, and complex policy research.
- No-Code Building: Enable staff to convert expertise into shared automations without custom code.
- Strict Privacy: Centralized governance dashboard; your agency data is never used to train public models.
Google Workspace
Secure-by-design public collaboration
Replace unsafe email attachments and version conflicts with a cloud-native, browser-first environment featuring enterprise security built directly into the data layer.
- Context-Aware Access: Dynamic policy based on user posture, location, and managed device status.
- Client-Side Encryption: Retain exclusive control of encryption keys for heightened confidentiality requirements.
- Continuity of Operations: Reliable cloud availability during facility outages or ransomware events.
- Change Management: Dedicated user adoption programs tailored for public sector workforces.
Built for the operational realities of SLED institutions.
Whole-of-state without whole-of-state staffing
- Extend Downward: Bring counties, cities, and local authorities under state SOC visibility without requiring local hiring.
- Federated Partitioning: Central state CISO visibility with isolated data governance respecting local legal record ownership.
- Audit-Ready AI: Deploy AI service delivery with built-in approval gates and logging required by legislative oversight.
- Flat Pricing: Predictable ingestion economics that eliminate per-gigabyte penalization.
Coverage for teams that won't reach 5 analysts
- 24/7 Operations: US-based analysts handle active monitoring so lean IT teams can focus on local priorities.
- CJIS-Aligned: Sheriff's offices, 911 dispatch, and court systems configured strictly under CJIS requirements.
- Critical Infrastructure: Safeguard water, wastewater, permitting, and elections infrastructure against disruption.
- Cyber Insurance Readiness: Satisfy strict underwriter requirements with documented response retainers and telemetry logs.
One institution, forty security postures
- Decentralized Visibility: Central security oversight engineered across autonomous college and lab environments.
- Overlapping Mandates: Unify compliance across FERPA, GLBA, HIPAA, and CUI research obligations on one platform.
- Research Acceleration: Accelerate genomic and scientific workloads with BigQuery and Vertex AI within grant budgets.
- IP Protection: Safeguard sensitive sponsored research from nation-state targeting and data exfiltration.
Configured for your local auditors.
FedRAMP High and DoD IL4 authorizations set a strong foundation, but local assessors look for specific controls. Dito configures and documents environments against the exact frameworks governing your jurisdiction, delivering audit-ready control evidence.
GovRAMP operates a NIST SP 800-53 based authorization framework adopted across SLTT entities.
Bought the way you already buy.
A strong technical fit that stalls in procurement solves nothing. Dito holds established contract vehicles across state, local, and education buyers—enabling streamlined purchasing without complex sole-source justifications.
We structure engagements around public funding reality: pilot-first scopes fitting within delegated spending limits, fiscal-year aligned phasing, and grant-matching schedules.
A partner built exclusively for
the ecosystem you are standardizing on.
While traditional consultancies dilute focus across multiple clouds, Dito has dedicated nearly two decades to mastering Google Cloud infrastructure and security.
Depth instead of breadth
Our engineers do not split focus across competing platforms. This yields faster deployments, direct engineering access, and architectures built on proven failure-mode prevention.
Build it, run it, or hand it back
Engineering implementation and 24/7 SOC operations under one roof. The team that engineered your log detections is the team responding to them, ensuring seamless internal handoffs.
AI governance built in from day 1
Shadow AI discovery, prompt monitoring, and loss-prevention controls generate transparent audit trails required before public disclosure inquiries occur.
Adoption treated as the primary deliverable
Change management practices engineered specifically for public workforces, union environments, and long-tenured personnel—ensuring long-term technology utilization.
Questions procurement and audit will raise
We just lost our MS-ISAC services. Can you replace them?
Partially, and precision is essential. Dito’s managed security operation covers continuous monitoring, alert triage, threat hunting, and incident response—replacing the operational core. What Dito does not replicate is the peer-to-peer information sharing community among SLTT members. Many institutions maintain a reduced-scope MS-ISAC membership for sharing while offloading operational workload to Dito.
Who owns the platform, data, and detections if we stop working with Dito?
Under Model 02 and Model 03, you own everything from day one. The Google SecOps tenancy is contracted in your institution’s name, telemetry remains in your environment, and detection rules/playbooks belong to you. Under Model 01, Dito owns the tenancy for rapid deployment, with clear contract terms governing data exports upon exit.
Does Gemini Enterprise meet CJIS, FERPA, and state data handling requirements?
Your prompts, inputs, and outputs are strictly isolated and never used to train public Google models. Data remains within your designated region under existing identity controls. Dito maps specific regulatory obligations to platform configurations and provides formal compliance artifacts for your assessors.
How much detection & response is automated, and who approves it?
Agents run in shadow mode first, providing verdicts alongside your existing process to verify accuracy. You set the exact confidence thresholds required before automated actions take place, and define critical systems that always require explicit human approval.
Do we have to replace our existing security tools?
No. Google SecOps ingests telemetry across hybrid, multi-cloud, and on-premises tools including third-party EDRs, firewalls, and IAM platforms. We start by unifying visibility over your current investments.
Our funding depends on grant cycles. What happens if grants do not renew?
We structure engagements so foundational work—tenancy setup, log pipelines, detections, and playbooks—becomes a permanent asset owned by your institution. Ongoing managed support can be dynamically scaled up or down based on available operating funds.
Our IT is decentralized across campuses and departments. Does that break this?
Not at all. Dito builds federated architectures where central security receives comprehensive telemetry and detection oversight while individual campus departments retain administrative authority over local environments.
Start with a readiness assessment, not a demo.
Join a 45-minute technical working session with Dito’s Google Cloud architects and security engineers tailored specifically to your institution:
- Map Gap Coverage: Evaluate current telemetry visibility and highlight gaps left by shifting federal shared services.
- Identify AI Use Cases: Pinpoint 2-3 high-impact agentic AI opportunities and determine required security boundaries.
- Operating Model Recommendation: Match your institutional governance goals with Model 01, 02, or 03.
- Procurement Pathing: Outline contract vehicle options pre-authorized for your purchasing department.
* Zero cost and zero obligation. If our services are not the best fit right now, we will tell you upfront.
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