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Elkhart County council approves IT staffing plan, flags app consolidation and cybersecurity needs
Summary
The council approved an IT staffing plan and a package of IT budget items intended to strengthen cybersecurity, reduce reliance on costly contracts and rationalize more than 200 applications used across county departments.
The Elkhart County Council voted to approve an IT staffing plan and a package of items (numbered 1–10 in the county packet) intended to bolster cybersecurity, stabilize operations and begin consolidation of the county's technology footprint.
Jeff Taylor, county administrator, and Jeff Spires, Motion Consulting acting CIO, presented the staffing plan and an inventory of county technology that Taylor described as "200 plus applications, a 101 servers and SAN cores, 47 switch stacks" and numerous devices across 30 departments. Spires said the plan represents what the consultants consider a minimum, adequate staffing level to maintain the county's infrastructure and secure systems.
The staffing request covers seven positions in the broader plan; four of those roles were…
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