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Goldsboro accepts $58,275 cybersecurity grant from North Carolina Emergency Management
Summary
Council approved a resolution accepting $58,275 in state‑managed federal cybersecurity grant funds; the city already budgeted the $24,975 local match, making the total program $83,250 over three years to improve monitoring and incident response.
The Goldsboro City Council voted unanimously to accept a state‑managed cybersecurity grant through the North Carolina Office of Emergency Management (NCEM). The grant provides $58,275 toward a three‑year program to strengthen the city’s cybersecurity posture.
IT Director Scott Williams said the program will evaluate current systems, identify gaps, consolidate logging and monitoring, and deliver managed desktop exercises and consultant support to improve detection and response. "The purpose of the request was to set up a more full compliance platform… decide what's good, what's better, what's not good, sign any gaps or any weaknesses we have, and improve those," Williams said.
Williams told the council the total program value is $83,250; the grant covers 70 percent ($58,275) and the city has already budgeted the 30 percent match ($24,975) in the current IT budget. Council voted to adopt the resolution accepting grant funds; the motion passed unanimously.
Staff said the funds will be used for software to centralize logs, consultant services to evaluate systems, and exercises to improve staff response times. No changes to the general fund are required because the match was previously appropriated.
