STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Government Performance & Financial Management
AGENDA DATE: June 28, 2023
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Procurement Services
EXECUTIVE: Jack Ireland
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a three-year cooperative purchasing agreement for the acquisition and service maintenance and support of a threat and anomaly detection system for the Department of Information and Technology Services with Netsync Network Solutions through the Interlocal Purchasing System cooperative agreement - Not to exceed $3,911,167.45 - Financing: Data Services Fund (subject to annual appropriations)
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BACKGROUND
This action does not encumber funds; the purpose of a cooperative purchasing agreement is to establish firm pricing for services, for a specific term, which are ordered on an as needed basis.
This cooperative purchasing agreement will provide for the acquisition and service maintenance and support of a threat and anomaly detection system for the Department of Information and Technology Services. This equipment and associated services will be crucial to protecting the City's network from cyber threats and hacks by alerting the Department of Information and Technology Services' Security Operations Center to threats and abnormalities on the city network. This solution will aid in protecting the city's network and systems against internal and external cyber threats to the organization including potential ransomware. Additionally, this system provides improved data storage capabilities for investigative purposes around cyber and log events, and reduces false threat alerts through artificial intelligence.
Some key benefits to upgrading the system include but not limited to:
* Decreased false positive security alerts
* Cloud-native platform decreasing the need for on-site storage
* 24/7/365 monitoring of the City's environment to provide the most crucial, accurate security alerts
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