Description
The Gadsden Independent School District seeks a qualified vendor to deliver a comprehensive three‑year cybersecurity solution across its 26 campuses and four administrative facilities. The contract will cover Extended Detection and Response (XDR) services, optional Network Detection and Response (NDR), integration with existing Microsoft 365, Palo Alto firewalls, Ruckus wireless and Cisco networking equipment, plus training and ongoing technical support. The vendor must support up to 2,000 endpoints, fewer than 25 servers, and approximately 2,200 employee accounts, delivering both technology and services within the FCC Cybersecurity Pilot Program funding limits.
• Provide XDR capabilities (endpoint detection, threat remediation, zero‑trust integration, privileged‑activity monitoring).
• Optional NDR services for network‑wide anomaly detection and encrypted‑traffic analytics.
• Integration with Microsoft 365, Palo Alto firewalls, Ruckus Wi‑Fi, Cisco switches; deliver onboarding, configuration assistance, and role‑based training.
• Ongoing 24/7 technical support, incident response, and quarterly reporting for the full three‑year term.