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Town IT seeks modest budget increase for email security and 24/7 monitoring
Summary
The town’s chief technology officer asked for increased contractual funding to add stronger email security and 24/7 monitoring for public safety networks, and requested higher supplies funding to support daily service volume.
Ed Kingston, Stratford’s chief technology officer, asked the council to approve a modest increase in the IT contractual budget to strengthen email security and establish 24‑by‑7 monitoring for public‑safety network equipment.
Kingston said better email classification and phishing defenses are proven tools to reduce successful attacks and that the town’s next priority is continuous monitoring of servers and network devices that support dispatch and other public‑safety systems. He said the 24/7 monitoring arrangement would alert vendors or staff when critical systems go down so a response can be initiated promptly.
IT also requested a larger supplies line to cover higher day‑to‑day device replacement and support needs; Kingston noted the department currently handles roughly 800 service requests a year and that a $1,500 supplies line is insufficient.
No formal action was taken; Kingston invited councilors to review IT capital requests separately during the capital budget process.
