Case Study: State of North Dakota Information Technology (NDIT) achieves statewide IoT visibility and advanced citizen protection with Palo Alto Networks IoT Security

Protecting citizens with IoT Security in the Great Plains

The State of North Dakota’s Information Technology (NDIT) agency, a long-standing technology leader for the state’s STAGEnet serving hundreds of thousands of daily users, faced growing IoT-driven visibility and risk blind spots. Rapid IoT adoption across education, agriculture, government and commercial projects made existing scanning tools unreliable and left the state exposed, so NDIT needed a scalable, Zero Trust–aligned solution to identify, classify, and protect managed and unmanaged devices across its statewide network.

NDIT selected Palo Alto Networks IoT Security—ML-powered visibility, prevention, and enforcement—integrated with its firewalls and XDR. The deployment revealed tens of thousands of previously hidden devices, enabled automated risk-based policies and better vulnerability management, and strengthened Zero Trust controls. The result: clearer network insight, stronger protection for citizens and critical services, and support for innovation pilots like Grand Farm and Vantis while enabling continued economic growth.

State of North Dakota Information Technology (NDIT)

Ryan Kramer

Enterprise Infrastructure Architect