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Tompkins County IT requests one new cyber support role, warns of rising cyber threats and training needs
Summary
Information Technology leaders told legislators the department is understaffed after cuts and departures, is seeing increased cybersecurity workload, and asked for one supported position, an additional request for a second position, and $11,000 more for training to keep systems patched and staff certified.
Lauren Cottrell, interim Information Technology director, told the committee that Tompkins County’s IT division has dropped from 16 to 13 employees and is asking for two additional system‑analyst positions — one of them prioritized in the county administrator’s recommendation — to cover cyber, infrastructure and GIS workloads across 30 departments and 20 county buildings.
“We have over 3,000 endpoints including computers, phones, copiers, Wi‑Fi access points, cameras,” Cottrell said, and industry‑wide service contracts are rising. She…
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