FISMA Compliance Achieved. Critical Systems Protected.

A state government agency responsible for critical infrastructure and citizen services faced the cybersecurity challenges common across government: aging systems that couldn't be easily replaced, increasing security requirements, and a budget that didn't stretch far enough to modernize everything at once.

The agency operated over 300 endpoints across multiple departments, many running specialized applications that required older Windows versions. These weren't neglected systems — they were mission-critical infrastructure that state residents depended on daily. Replacing them would require legislative funding, multi-year procurement processes, and extensive testing to ensure no disruption to citizen services.

Meanwhile, their FISMA assessments were becoming more challenging. Auditors wanted to see continuous monitoring, file integrity verification, and access controls that their current toolset couldn't provide for legacy systems.

FileSure met every requirement their other tools couldn't:

• Runs on all Windows versions — protected legacy systems without requiring OS upgrades
• Continuous monitoring capabilities — real-time file access logging that FISMA assessors could verify
• Application-level access controls — citizen data accessible only to authorized programs
• File integrity monitoring — detect unauthorized changes to critical system files
• Manageable complexity — one console for all systems, one set of rules to maintain

The deciding factor: FileSure had been protecting federal systems including Federal Reserve Banks for over a decade. If federal agencies trusted it, state agencies could too.