As economic trends shift where we work, it's critical that you can protect your organization's sensitive data and resources, no matter where your teams work. District Defend® delivers your defense against insider threats, nefarious hackers, and nation-state actors with persistent presence from the moment your device powers on. District operates below the operating system to secure devices through advanced endpoint security and adaptive intelligence. On-site, you no longer have to rely on end users to maintain compliance with policies. Devices can automatically reconfigure security permissions when carried between restricted areas and public spaces. District Defend® uses contextual triggers such as location and user behaviors to automatically adjust devices to the appropriate settings. When devices are used outside your organization's facilities, for example, a home office, District Defend® delivers zero trust to the edge, ensuring remote access devices are protected against a wider range of threats. And when your devices need to support missions around the world, District Defend® goes with them, providing situational awareness of devices in high-risk environments and offering automated full-disk wipe of devices that are lost or stolen. On-site, at home, or across the globe, District Defend® is there to provide advanced endpoint protection. Security with mobility. District Defend®
District Defend®: Go Mobile. Stay Secure.
Secure mobility from edge to enterprise
District Defend® is a zero-trust endpoint security platform that enables secure mobility for classified and mission-critical operations—without compromising mission readiness.
Defense and national security teams increasingly operate across remote, mobile, disconnected, and contested environments. That mobility expands the attack surface and makes it harder to enforce consistent security controls across devices, users, and locations. District Defend helps reduce those risks by protecting endpoints before, during, and after use while supporting CSfC-aligned secure access.
Booz Allen built and currently deploys District Defend to help organizations secure classified telework, tactical operations, executive mobility, and enterprise-scale device environments. Its hardware-flexible architecture integrates with existing endpoint, virtual desktop, and cloud environments, helping customers extend protection without replacing their technology estate.
With District Defend, mission teams can work securely wherever operations take them.
District Defend secures devices used for classified telework, tactical and field operations, executive mobility, and enterprise-scale deployments, and ensures classified material remains protected before, during, and after use.
By removing barriers to secure mobility at scale, defense and national security teams can perform the mission—everywhere they go.
Features
District Defend is built for operators and is field-tested to provide the right solution you can trust.
Pre-Boot Security Enforcement Engine
Applies hardware and firmware-level controls before OS boot and user authentication, enforcing policy before a device is available for use.
Resiliency at the Edge
Continuously evaluates device posture in real-time across connected, disconnected, or contested environments, automatically updating configurations based on location, device state, and defined security triggers.
Native + Virtualized Experiences
Supports both native endpoint and virtual desktop environments (VDI). Native mode functions independently of network connectivity.
Enterprise Scalability and High Availability
Built to support distributed organizations with multi-regional deployment, load balancing, and persistent policy orchestration to maintain reliable protection—at scale.
Accelerates Operational Readiness
Streamlines device startup, access, and security workflows to help users reach operational readiness faster while reducing manual intervention.
Benefits
Endpoint Protection
Validates device integrity and compliance through pre-boot checks, continually assessing security posture by enforcing new policies without user action.
Operationalizing Zero Trust
Enforces Comply to Connect (C2C) and Comply to Decrypt (C2D) protections and provides isolated user environments to prevent unauthorized local storage or applications. The platform aligns NSA CSfC requirements for remote classified access.
Vendor and Hardware Flexible
Designed as an interoperable system that deploys easily onto enterprise and ruggedized hardware. A hardware-flexible architecture gives organizations options as their missions and endpoint requirements evolve.
Automated Threat Mitigation
Neutralizes insider threats, adversarial attacks, and human error through automatic locking and wiping, including after defined periods offline.
Classified Workforce Enablement
Enforces security controls on devices in remote or hybrid environments—enabling seamless access to classified materials, with controls running transparently in the background.
Operator Use Cases
Tactical and Field Deployments
- Secure operation in vehicles, tactical centers, and austere environments
- Protect devices during transport through locked-in-transit protections and automated responses to defined security triggers
Classified Telework and Remote Access
- Secure, compliant access to classified resources from remote or hybrid environments
- Automated enforcement of encryption, VPN, and access controls to reduce manual administration
Enterprise-Scale Device Security
- Enforce security controls across devices deployed at bases, campuses, and off-site locations
- Provide device inventory and risk visibility for distributed defense organizations
Mobile Leadership and Mission Coordination
Support secure classified briefings and mission coordination across approved locations with automated security enforcement
Partner Ecosystem
Integrated Solutions Partners:
- Dell: Compatible with Latitude, Precision, and XPS model lines
- HP: Compatible with EliteBook, ProBook, and ZBook model lines
- Rancher Government Solutions
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure:
- Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)
- VMware Horizon
- Amazon Workspaces
- Citrix and more
Cloud Hosting Partners:
- Amazon Web Services
- Google Cloud Platform
- Microsoft Azure
- VMware
