A midsize North Texas city needed to secure critical infrastructure, protect Criminal Justice Information (CJI), and meet CJIS compliance requirements despite having only a three-person IT team. With a flat network that allowed unrestricted lateral movement, the city faced increased ransomware and operational risks. By deploying Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, the IT team quickly gained complete visibility into internal traffic, enforced Zero Trust policies, and ringfenced approximately 20 critical systems, including police networks, SCADA infrastructure, emergency operations, and Active Directory. The deployment reached 98% of endpoints within a month while significantly reducing Remote Desktop Protocol exposure and strengthening ransomware defenses. Improved visibility also uncovered hid

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