To: Board of County Commissioners
Through: Philip Savino, Director, Information Technology
Prepared By:
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Philip Savino, Director, Information Technology
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Presenter: Philip Savino, Director, Information Technology
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Subject:
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2:00 PM *State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program CrowdStrike Grant
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Purpose and Request:
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The purpose of this report is to discuss the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program for CrowdStrike Falcon Complete, a Managed Detection and Response (MDR) System to detect and mitigate cybersecurity threats.
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Background and Discussion:
The Information Technology Department wishes to seek approval to apply for the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP), a federal initiative aimed at enhancing the cybersecurity posture of state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments across the United States. The grant would supply Arapahoe County with 2,768 CrowdStrike agents for ACG workstations and 354 CrowdStrike agents for ACG Servers.
Established under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the program is designed to provide financial assistance to these entities to develop and implement comprehensive cybersecurity plans, improve their capabilities to detect and respond to cyber threats, and reduce the risks of cyber incidents.
The SLCGP provides funding for cybersecurity initiatives including:
* Enhancing the security of critical infrastructure.
* Deploying advanced cybersecurity technologies.
* Developing and updating cybersecurity plans.
The program is funded from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA FY23 SLCGP). SLCGP requires that participants move to adopt Cybersecurity Best Practices. The Colorado Office of Information Technology (OIT) acts as a purchasing agent to optimize pricing, offering endpoint encryption to the participating local governments. Local governments will be able to continue with the purchased endpoint encryptio...
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