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Committee approves sending county cybersecurity contract to full board for state-hosted program review

2941375 · April 10, 2025
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Committee voted to forward a proposed move from the county's CrowdStrike contract to the State of Illinois cybersecurity program to the full board for review; staff said the state offer may reduce local cost but requires technical conversion steps and limits direct local control of some functions.

Stephenson County’s Administration and Week of Affairs Committee on April 9 voted to send a proposed change in the county’s endpoint-protection arrangement to the full board for review.

IT staff told the committee the county’s existing CrowdStrike contract is up for renewal and the state’s Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT) has offered a program that could provide the same endpoint detection services at reduced or no cost to the county. Staff said the state program would centralize monitoring and…

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