Continuous STIG Compliance Automation for Modern DoW Networks
Squirrel Defender improves your security posture quickly and efficiently by automating the auditing, reporting, and remediation of network infrastructure security controls. Designed for Department of War environments, Squirrel Defender replaces manual compliance processes with continuous, scalable automation aligned to RMF-driven operations.
Compliance Monitoring
Our solution provides interactive remediation to automate the implementation of security controls. This capability further decreases the time for vulnerabilities to be corrected and reduces your attack surface.
Built-in Remediation
Our service allows you to audit your environment daily (or more often) to improve situational awareness of your security and RMF posture.
Improve Staff Efficiency
By automating time-consuming audits, we allow your staff to increase focus on the mission and operating your organizations network infrastructure.
Squirrel Defender supports the following compliance/risk management frameworks:
Now Supporting Cisco SD-WAN
Modern network architectures require a modern approach to compliance.
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Squirrel Defender v2.3 MR1 expands the Squirrel Defender platform with native Cisco SD-WAN support, delivering continuous auditing, reporting, and guided remediation across policy-driven network fabrics. Built for modernized DoD environments, MR1 provides fabric-wide visibility into compliance posture while reducing manual effort and improving operational consistency.
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Rather than point-in-time, device-by-device assessments, MR1 enables continuous compliance monitoring across distributed SD-WAN environments
Native Cisco SD-WAN Compliance Automation (MR1)
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Fabric-Wide Visibility
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Immediate compliance visibility across SD-WAN fabrics
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Policy-aware validation aligned to SD-WAN architectures
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Structured data collection for modern controller-based networks
Guided, Automated Remediation
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Template-based remediation workflows
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Reduced misconfiguration risk across dynamic fabrics
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Elimination of manual, script-driven CLI fixes
Continuous Monitoring
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Ongoing compliance validation across sites, regions, and enclaves
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Machine-generated artifacts for assessors and auditors
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Improved readiness for continuous assessments
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Built for DoW Modernization
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Squirrel Defender MR1 supports Department of War modernization initiatives by enabling a fabric-aware approach to STIG compliance automation across SD-WAN environments.The platform:
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Supports Zero Trust initiatives and cATO efforts
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Aligns with RMF and CORA processes
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Operates at enterprise and warfighter scale
Our service automates the tedious manual process of determining if network devices are configured in accordance with the appropriate RMF security controls.
Hours to perform 52 audits per year
Per Thousand Hours
The level of effort required to assess and maintain network infrastructure is a significant barrier to operating secure environments. The estimated time to assess compliance with the appropriate RMF security controls is one personnel hour per device per audit*.
Our service enables assessment of a device in under 7.5 seconds**.
Number of Devices
* Based on assessing all appropriate regulatory standards for all appropriate components of each device
** Performance can vary between customer environments based on the number of interfaces and server resources.
​Enterprise-Scale Compliance Automation
The level of effort required to assess and maintain network infrastructure is a major barrier to operating secure environments. Traditional compliance validation can require approximately one personnel hour per device per audit.
Squirrel Defender reduces this effort dramatically by enabling automated compliance validation in seconds.This automation:
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Minimizes operational overhead
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Maintains capability through staffing changes
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Updates audit policies as regulatory requirements evolve
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Provides ongoing support through subscription services
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Enterprise-Ready by Design
Squirrel Defender v2.3 MR1 is engineered for large-scale, mission-critical networks, supporting hundreds to thousands of sites without sacrificing performance or accuracy.The platform integrates with:
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SD-WAN controllers
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Network management platforms
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Monitoring tools
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Existing DoD network operations workflows
This provides centralized visibility and streamlined compliance operations across geographically distributed environments.Measurable ResultsOrganizations deploying Squirrel Defender MR1 achieve:Up to 99% reduction in compliance laborFaster ATO and assessment readinessReduced operational risk in SD-WAN deploymentsContinuous insight into network security posture
Solution Benefits
1. Automates the auditing of network devices based on the latest regulatory requirements
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2. Automated remediation of user selected violations to further decrease level of effort
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3. Updates with new audit policies during the subscription term
4. Updates audits as regulation bodies revise or add requirements
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5. Maintains capability through staffing changes
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6. Subscription includes onsite and remote support
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7. Minimizes the staff workload and operational overhead