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CISO reports routine cybersecurity activity; committee reviews lease-to-own audio upgrade for council chambers
Summary
The borough CISO summarized monthly IT work including penetration testing, Windows 11 upgrades and analytics; committee reviewed a $34,000 audio system replacement with a three‑year lease-to-own option to replace obsolete microphones and receivers.
Bill (borough CISO) reported routine IT operations and security work: help desk volume (68 tickets last month), internal and external penetration testing completed with results to follow, work on Axon camera integration for police body and in‑car video, ongoing workstation upgrades, and a planned Windows 11 migration deadline of Oct. 25. He said staff are building a new agenda/meeting center with CivicPlus and are monitoring streaming analytics for Facebook and YouTube.
Under new business Bill presented a capital project to replace aging council‑chamber audio equipment. He said the existing manufacturer no longer supports the line and parts are unavailable. The proposed replacement uses Audio Technica equipment: hardware cost of approximately $22,080, $12,000 for installation, and a one‑year warranty/service; because the committee had only $15,000 budgeted, staff proposed a three‑year lease-to-own with roughly $12,004 annual lease payments and a $1 buyout at the end of year three. Bill estimated a useful equipment life of seven to ten years and said the system would expand wireless microphone capacity (from two to four simultaneous wireless mics) and replace worn components in the rack.
Committee members asked about disposal or resale of the old equipment; staff said the borough would investigate reuse in other meeting rooms or resale to other organizations that still operate the legacy system. Bill also described cybersecurity training metrics (no clicks on simulated phishing in the last period), automated email protections that blocked suspicious messages, and an uptick in staff reporting suspicious messaging (54 reports).
Ending: The committee endorsed taking the audio project to the May finance committee with a purchase order request; no final capital appropriation was approved at the committee meeting. The CISO will provide the penetration test report and schedule follow-up for the Windows 11 migration and Axon integration.
