STEP delivers co-managed network security for K-12 school districts — Managed Firewall and Managed FortiEDR, operated by STEP engineers so your team can focus on students, not servers.
Two complementary services. One partner. Purpose-built for K-12 school districts.
Fortinet FortiGate — owned, operated, and fully managed by STEP. Right-sized for your campus. KETS-aligned pricing. Your team never has to touch it.
Real-time endpoint detection and response — stops ransomware even on already-compromised devices. Co-managed by STEP engineers with Fortinet AI behind every alert.
You're not alone. These are the problems STEP was built to solve.
RF, configuration, capacity, security — we get the network right, then we keep it right.
FortiEDR stops attacks in real time — even after a device is already compromised. No breach, no data loss.
STEP's CCC monitors 24/7. Tickets open automatically. Engineers investigate before you know there's a problem.
Full asset and IoT discovery. Visibility into every device — managed or unmanaged — from day one.
Per-student, per-device annual pricing. E-Rate eligible for Managed FW. Budget-friendly and predictable.
STEP owns the Fortinet relationship entirely. We escalate, manage, and resolve — you stay informed.
We're not a ticket queue. We're your network team.
Built exclusively for school districts. We understand KETS, E-Rate, BYOD, and the demands of education networks.
STEP watches 24/7. Incidents auto-ticket. Engineers investigate before you even know there's an issue.
Firewall and EDR in one ecosystem. Everything talks to everything — no security gaps between tools.
The quality of design and work shown in something made by hand. We don't deploy and disappear — we stay and improve.
Talk to a STEP engineer. No sales pitch — just an honest conversation about what your district needs.