Cloud Public Key Infrastructure and Network Security RFP

Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) is requesting proposals to implement a Cloud-based Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and associated Network Security features enabled by a Public Key Infrastructure on our devices and network.

In our drive to move our devices and management to cloud during the pandemic, we lost the ability to properly deploy a PKI setup as our devices became cloud managed.

We are looking for proposals for a cloud-based solution that will work with our MDM platforms to deploy certificates to our end-user devices for use in network and account security. We are looking to implement 802.1x authentication for our networks, Certificate Based Authentication MFA, Dynamic VLAN segmentation, and EAP-TLS.

We also are looking for the proposed solution to have a web-based management portal, a cloud-based RADIUS solution, and the ability to support portals for non-managed devices to register and connect in a Staff BYOD, Guest, or Vendor type situation.

The solution needs to be able to support adding non-managed corporate IoT devices through the management portal for network access

The primary goals of implementing a PKI service at CMSD is to enable enterprise-level security, and all of the accompanying features that rely on that level of security to improve our network security and feature availability for our users.

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) serves the needs of public education in Cleveland, Ohio. It is the second largest public school system in the State of Ohio. CMSD is a large urban school system with nearly 110 instructional sites, approximately 7,500 teachers and administrative staff, about 33,000 students, and nearly 6,300 classrooms. The vision of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District is to provide every student with the opportunity to have access to a quality education. This mission will be accomplished by adhering to a school-by-school instruction plan, community involvement and participation and support from business and academic Partners.