diff --git a/PROJECTS/advanced/monitor-the-situation-dashboard/frontend/src/api/types/threat.types.ts b/PROJECTS/advanced/monitor-the-situation-dashboard/frontend/src/api/types/threat.types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ece0d22f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PROJECTS/advanced/monitor-the-situation-dashboard/frontend/src/api/types/threat.types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// ©AngelaMos | 2026
+// threat.types.ts
+
+import { z } from 'zod'
+
+export const ransomwareVictimSchema = z.object({
+  post_title: z.string(),
+  group_name: z.string(),
+  discovered: z.string(),
+  country: z.string().optional(),
+  activity: z.string().optional(),
+  website: z.string().optional(),
+  description: z.string().optional(),
+})
+
+export type RansomwareVictim = z.infer<typeof ransomwareVictimSchema>
+
+export const dshieldPortSchema = z.object({
+  rank: z.number(),
+  targetport: z.number(),
+  records: z.number(),
+  targets: z.number(),
+  sources: z.number(),
+})
+
+export type DShieldPort = z.infer<typeof dshieldPortSchema>
+
+export const dshieldSourceSchema = z.object({
+  rank: z.number(),
+  source: z.string(),
+  reports: z.number(),
+  targets: z.number(),
+})
+
+export type DShieldSource = z.infer<typeof dshieldSourceSchema>
+
+export const dshieldDailySummarySchema = z.object({
+  date: z.string(),
+  records: z.number(),
+  sources: z.number(),
+  targets: z.number(),
+})
+
+export type DShieldDailySummary = z.infer<typeof dshieldDailySummarySchema>
+
+export const dshieldDataSchema = z.object({
+  topports: z
+    .union([z.record(z.string(), z.unknown()), z.array(z.unknown())])
+    .optional(),
+  topips: z.array(dshieldSourceSchema).optional(),
+  dailysummary: z.array(dshieldDailySummarySchema).optional(),
+  ts: z.string().optional(),
+})
+
+export type DShieldData = z.infer<typeof dshieldDataSchema>
+
+export const isValidRansomwareVictim = (
+  data: unknown
+): data is RansomwareVictim => {
+  if (data === null || data === undefined || typeof data !== 'object') return false
+  return ransomwareVictimSchema.safeParse(data).success
+}
+
+export const isValidDShieldData = (data: unknown): data is DShieldData => {
+  if (data === null || data === undefined || typeof data !== 'object') return false
+  return dshieldDataSchema.safeParse(data).success
+}
diff --git a/PROJECTS/advanced/monitor-the-situation-dashboard/frontend/src/pages/panels/DShieldPanel.tsx b/PROJECTS/advanced/monitor-the-situation-dashboard/frontend/src/pages/panels/DShieldPanel.tsx
index 30964cec..233ca464 100644
--- a/PROJECTS/advanced/monitor-the-situation-dashboard/frontend/src/pages/panels/DShieldPanel.tsx
+++ b/PROJECTS/advanced/monitor-the-situation-dashboard/frontend/src/pages/panels/DShieldPanel.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 // ©AngelaMos | 2026
 // DShieldPanel.tsx
 
-import { useSnapshot } from '@/api/snapshot'
+import { type DShieldDailySummary, type DShieldPort } from '@/api/types'
+import { useDShieldData } from '@/api/hooks'
 import styles from './DShieldPanel.module.scss'
 import { Panel } from './Panel'
 
@@ -10,39 +11,11 @@ const SOURCE_ROW_LIMIT = 8
 const THOUSAND = 1_000
 const MILLION = 1_000_000
 
-interface DShieldPort {
-  rank: number
-  targetport: number
-  records: number
-  targets: number
-  sources: number
-}
-
-interface DShieldSource {
-  rank: number
-  source: string
-  reports: number
-  targets: number
-}
-
-interface DShieldDailySummary {
-  date: string
-  records: number
-  sources: number
-  targets: number
-}
-
-interface DShieldData {
-  topports?: Record<string, DShieldPort> | DShieldPort[]
-  topips?: DShieldSource[]
-  dailysummary?: DShieldDailySummary[]
-}
-
 export function DShieldPanel(): React.ReactElement {
-  const { data } = useSnapshot()
-  const ds = (data?.scan_firehose as DShieldData | undefined) ?? {}
+  const ds = useDShieldData()
 
   const ports = toArray(ds.topports)
+    .filter(isPort)
     .slice()
     .sort((a, b) => a.rank - b.rank)
     .slice(0, PORT_ROW_LIMIT)
@@ -119,6 +92,17 @@ function toArray<T>(v: Record<string, T> | T[] | undefined): T[] {
   return Object.values(v)
 }
 
+function isPort(v: unknown): v is DShieldPort {
+  if (!v || typeof v !== 'object') return false
+  const p = v as Record<string, unknown>
+  return (
+    typeof p.targetport === 'number' &&
+    typeof p.records === 'number' &&
+    typeof p.sources === 'number' &&
+    typeof p.rank === 'number'
+  )
+}
+
 function pickLatestSummary(
   list: DShieldDailySummary[] | undefined
 ): DShieldDailySummary | undefined {