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McPherson County approves enhanced backup protections; agrees to monthly payment to vendor
Summary
The board approved a proposal to add immutability and threat-scanning modules to the county's managed backup service and authorized monthly payments not to exceed $1,393.52 to the vendor named in the motion.
The McPherson County Board of Commissioners voted June 16 to approve additional backup and disaster-recovery protections for county systems, authorizing a vendor agreement described in the motion as MIGO Technologies for threat scan, risk analysis and immutability features.
Jeff Butler, the county’s IT coordinator, said the modules would add a “double protection” requirement so that changes to backups would require approval from both the vendor and a county representative, and include a threat-scan step to verify files and virtual machines before restoration. "There's a double protection clause ... 1 from Eagle Technologies and 1 from our department, would have to actually to make changes to the ... backup," Butler said, describing the proposed protections. Butler also described a reporting feature to inventory potential PII in backups.
Butler told commissioners the county currently pays about $1,083 per month for managed backup, and he said the modules discussed would increase that amount. At one point he said the modules would cost "$5,490 each year." During the motion to approve, the board authorized the proposal "not to exceed $1,393.52 per month." Butler said the purchase could be accommodated in the 2026 budget and that the county's existing managed-backup contract has about two years remaining on a three-year term.
MOTION AND VOTE: A motion to approve the proposal for MIGO Technologies (risk-analysis software, threat-scan software and related modules) not to exceed $1,393.52 per month was made, seconded and carried by voice vote; the clerk recorded the motion as "Motion carries."
Why it matters: County officials said the upgrades are intended to reduce the risk that a ransomware or other intrusion could render backups unusable, which would otherwise increase recovery costs and downtime.
What the record does not specify: The motion authorizes a monthly not-to-exceed figure; the contract term, invoice schedule and exact annual budget line were discussed as part of future budgeting but not fully enumerated in the transcript.
