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Polk County accepts $80,066 cybersecurity grant; plans $8,657 local match and ongoing costs
Summary
Polk County ratified an $80,065.83 grant from the Office of the Governor for cybersecurity services, accepted proposals for CrowdStrike and Blue Iron, and approved covering a 10% local match from contingency funds; the county expects ongoing annual costs after the grant period.
Polk County commissioners ratified acceptance of a state and local cybersecurity grant from the Texas Office of the Governor totaling $80,065.83 and authorized using contingency funds to cover the required 10% local match, bringing the project cost to about $88,963.
County IT Director Casey Lowry told the court the award will fund implementation of CrowdStrike Falcon Complete for endpoint detection and Blue Iron Technologies for data backup and rapid recovery. Lowry said the…
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