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Serving State, Local Government and Public Safety Organizations
KeystoneREN is a collaborative community of education, healthcare, economic development, libraries, government and public media organizations that utilize the statewide high-performance Research and Education Network. By offering essential services and exceptional client support, KeystoneREN will help your institution achieve its mission and goals through the ongoing discovery, application and transfer of new network technologies. KeystoneREN provides access to connectivity, content, and collaboration.
KeystoneREN believes in the strength of a vibrant, collaborative educational community that can work with leading technology firms to address challenges of common interest for the common good. By connecting organizations, building relationships and sharing services, state/ local government and public safety institutions can achieve far more together than they can alone.
Trusted Network Engineering Expertise
KeystoneREN’s engineers are respected experts in the field and can provide customized configurations to link one office or multiple locations to KeystoneREN. Whether it’s configuring BGP, IPv6, subnetting, or multicast, our networking team can find the right solution to meet the network needs of government and public safety organizations.
Cybersecurity Training and Workforce Development
Governmental organizations can benefit from KeystoneREN’s strategic partnerships with trusted security focused organizations and associations that are providing essential workforce development and professional training to enable a more cybersecurity aware workforce in Pennsylvania.
eduroam
State and local government entities can take advantage of eduroam through the Pennsylvania eduroam support organization (eSO). Find out how your organization can participate in eduroam here.

Why Governments and Public Safety Organizations Love KeystoneREN
- Enables access to essential network services like Disaster Recovery and colocation in world-class data centers, access to which result in a more efficient and cost-effective delivery of government services.
- Provides an opportunity to aggregate services at affordable costs.
- Provides discounted training opportunities for government and public safety staff.
KeystoneREN’s High Speed High Capacity Network
The network provides advanced network connectivity and next generation broadband to library organizations of all sizes. It enables value-added services like Ultra (4K) high-definition (UHD) video, telepresence or videoconferencing, and data sharing. The collaborative environment also provides opportunities for connected institutions to share best practices, content and programs across the network and save costs using KMEX, the KeystoneREN Member Exchange.
Interested in accessing these services? Contact us at [email protected] for more information or or call 717. 963.7490 Ext. 2 to speak to a KeystoneREN network support specialist to help.