Pipestone County approves $32,344 cybersecurity purchase for county IT
The board approved a five-year Sophos cybersecurity solution purchase, funded in IT's budget, to block credential-harvest attempts and squatting sites; the purchase was approved by voice vote.
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Bill Folger, the county's IT director, reviewed 90-day event logs and recommended a Sophos cybersecurity solution and a five-year renewal to protect county systems from credential harvesting and look-alike (cybersquatting) sites. "It put the brakes on that, stopped it dead like it's supposed to," Folger said of the tool.
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