Squirrel Defender Analytics-Driven Risk Management

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.

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.

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)

Fabric-Wide Visibility

  • Immediate compliance visibility across SD-WAN fabrics
  • Policy-aware validation aligned to SD-WAN architectures
  • Structured data collection for modern controller-based networks

Guided, Automated Remediation

  • Template-based remediation workflows
  • Reduced misconfiguration risk across dynamic fabrics
  • Elimination of manual, script-driven CLI fixes

Continuous Monitoring

  • Ongoing compliance validation across sites, regions, and enclaves
  • Machine-generated artifacts for assessors and auditors
  • Improved readiness for continuous assessments

Built for DoW Modernization

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:

  • Supports Zero Trust initiatives and cATO efforts
  • Aligns with RMF and CORA processes
  • 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

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.

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:

  • Minimizes operational overhead
  • Maintains capability through staffing changes
  • Updates audit policies as regulatory requirements evolve
  • Provides ongoing support through subscription services

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:

  • SD-WAN controllers
  • Network management platforms
  • Monitoring tools
  • Existing DoD network operations workflows

This provides centralized visibility and streamlined compliance operations across geographically distributed environments. Measurable Results Organizations deploying Squirrel Defender MR1 achieve:

  • Up to 99% reduction in compliance labor
  • Faster ATO and assessment readiness
  • Reduced operational risk in SD-WAN deployments
  • Continuous insight into network security posture

Know your network better than your adversaries.

Request a demo to see how Squirrel Defender MR1 simplifies STIG compliance automation across modern network infrastructures.