Cybersecurity Built for the Business of Government
Guardian 365 delivers enterprise-grade managed security to state and local government—so a cyberattack never stands between you and the residents you serve.
State and local government runs on continuity and trust. Both are now primary targets. Ransomware operators have learned that public agencies hold irreplaceable data, run services that cannot go dark, and rarely have the in-house depth to stop a determined attack—a threat aimed squarely at the institutions communities depend on most.
Guardian 365 changes the equation. It is a fully managed, Microsoft-native security service that delivers 24×7 protection, detection, and response—without the cost, complexity, or hiring burden of building a security operation in-house.
When Government Goes Down, the Community Feels It First
For an executive, a cyberattack is not an IT event. It is a continuity-of-operations event, a public-trust event, and a budget event—often all at once.
Ransomware groups target state and local agencies deliberately, because the math works in their favor: high-value citizen data, services that cannot tolerate downtime, and security programs stretched thin by budget and staffing limits. When Dallas was hit in 2023, emergency dispatch, court systems, and public safety ran on paper for weeks. When Fulton County, Georgia was hit in 2024, residents lost access to basic services for months.
The exposure is no longer theoretical, and the cost is no longer only financial. It is measured in the services residents cannot reach and the trust that takes years to rebuild.
You Cannot Hire Your Way to 24×7 Protection
The instinctive response to rising risk is to hire. For government, that path is effectively closed. There are more than 750,000 unfilled cybersecurity roles nationwide, and public-sector compensation rarely competes with the private market for the specialists a real security operation requires.
Even a fully funded in-house SOC—eight to twelve specialists at well over $1.5 million a year before tooling and turnover—leaves gaps the moment someone leaves.
Guardian 365 delivers the capability of a fully staffed, fully specialized security operations team at a predictable annual cost. No recruiting war. No retention risk. No gaps in coverage.
Managed Security, Made Simple
Our mission is straightforward: we make security simple, scalable, and human—so our customers can stay ahead of what’s coming next. For government, that translates into three commitments.
Simple
Guardian 365 turns a complex security stack into a single managed service. We deploy, operate, and continuously tune your Microsoft security environment so your team does not have to.
Scalable
Protection that grows with your agency—across identity, endpoint, email, cloud, and data—without new headcount or new tools every time the threat landscape shifts.
Human
Guardian 365 is not a faceless dashboard. You get a named team of Microsoft security experts who know your environment, answer the phone, and own the outcome.
Guardian 365 is also among a limited number of services worldwide to hold Microsoft Verified MXDR designation—validated directly by Microsoft’s security engineering teams.
Get Full Value From the Microsoft Security You Already Own
Most state and local agencies already license Microsoft 365 G3 or G5—which include Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Entra, and Microsoft Purview. The challenge is rarely ownership. It is activation.
The gap between licensed and protected is where breaches happen.
Guardian 365 closes that gap. Full deployment and configuration of your Microsoft security stack is included in the subscription—no separate professional-services project, no capital outlay, no months-long wait before protection begins. For agencies weighing a G5 upgrade, the economics favor it: Microsoft’s own data shows roughly 57% savings on the full G5 security suite versus buying the components separately. Guardian 365 makes that investment operational from day one.
One Partner. One Point of Accountability.
Most agencies that assemble security on their own end up with a patchwork—one vendor for endpoints, another for email, a consultant for setup, and internal IT covering the rest on a best-effort basis. No unified view. No single owner when something goes wrong.
Guardian 365 consolidates the entire security lifecycle into one accountable service:
Protecting What Your Community Depends On
When Guardian 365 is working, no one notices. Permits are issued. Payments clear. Courts process. Public safety stays online. That invisibility—the absence of crisis—is the entire point.
Cybersecurity for government is ultimately about continuity and trust: the citizen services, critical infrastructure, sensitive data, and institutional credibility that make government function. Guardian 365 protects all of it—so your mission stays the focus, not your defenses.
Why Forsyte
Why Government Leaders Choose Forsyte
Forsyte IT Solutions has worked exclusively with public sector organizations for more than a decade. Government security is not an adjacent market for us—it is the only market we serve. That focus produces expertise general-purpose providers cannot replicate.
It also reflects where we are going. Our vision is to be the most trusted and efficient managed security provider—setting the standard for simplicity, scale, and operational excellence. For the agencies we protect, that means a partner measured not by alerts generated, but by outcomes delivered.
Microsoft MXDR Verified Solutions Provider
2023
Microsoft Security Partner of the Year Runner Up
2022
Microsoft Education US Partner of the Year
2021
Guardian 365 Clients
Agora
Contra Costa College
SiteCore
Suny
PASSHE
Simi Valley
Sierra College
Proven results
3.7M+
users protected
<15min
response time
98%
client renewal rate
Your Mission Is Too Important for Security to Get in the Way
Start with a conversation. A short security briefing shows you where your agency stands today—and where Guardian 365 can take you: simply, predictably, and without disruption.
We Make Security Easy. Because your mission is too important for security to get in the way.
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