MORRISTOWN, N.J. — John Teghman, Morris County’s director of information technology, told the Board of Commissioners on Thursday that a change in the federal MS‑ISAC membership model would have required counties and municipalities to pay, but the New Jersey Cyber Intelligence Community (NJCIC) will use a state cyber grant to cover the membership for local governments.

Teghman said the state expects to fund the membership from an approximately $450,000 state bill that will cover counties, municipalities and educational entities. “So that's a cost that we're not going to have to cover ourselves,” he said.

Why it matters: MS‑ISAC membership provides threat‑information sharing and cybersecurity services that county IT teams use; the state-funded solution removes a new local cost while maintaining membership benefits.

Next steps: County IT will coordinate with NJCIC and monitor grant administration; no formal board vote was recorded on the membership funding during the work session.

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