Privacy & Security

Local-first protection with clear boundaries.

WOMBATS Shield runs protection and control on the device in your network. It is designed around local enforcement rather than a vendor cloud control plane.

Local-First by Design

Network policies are managed through the WOMBATS Shield device, and enforcement happens locally on your network. Filtering and updates may use external sources, but day-to-day control does not depend on a vendor cloud control plane.

Protection runs on the device

Controls run on the device

Local management interface

No vendor cloud control plane

Local policies

Device enforcement

External updates

What Stays Local

Device policy settings

Internet pause controls

Filtering relaxation or exclusion settings

Local administrative access

What Is Not Stored

WOMBATS Shield does not store browsing history. It is designed for network enforcement and administration, not browsing-history reporting or behavioral profiling.

No browsing history stored by WOMBATS Shield

No browsing-history reports

No behavioral profiling dashboard

No vendor cloud control-plane logs

What May Use External Sources

Local-first does not mean sealed off from the internet. Some functions may use external sources so the system can stay useful and current.

Filter list and catalog updates

Software updates

Upstream DNS resolution

Optional support workflows

What WOMBATS Does Not Claim

Strong privacy and security messaging works best when it is precise. These are the important boundaries.

Not fully offline

Not guaranteed complete protection

Not universal app inspection

Not hardened for hostile WAN exposure