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Lane County IT leaders report progress on cybersecurity, warn federal funding cuts will raise local costs
Summary
Kim Morgan, Lane County information security officer, briefed the Board of County Commissioners on March 18 about the county’s cybersecurity and compliance program and warned that cuts to federally funded threat‑sharing services will increase local costs for monitoring and endpoint protection.
Kim Morgan, Lane County information security officer, briefed the Board of County Commissioners on March 18 about the county’s cybersecurity and compliance program, the department’s recent operational changes and an emerging federal funding gap for multi‑jurisdiction threat services.
Morgan summarized a 10‑year timeline of actions taken: device encryption and remote‑access controls, creation of HIPAA and criminal‑justice information policies, a county‑wide multifactor authentication rollout (MFA) and the 2024 migration of shared files to Microsoft OneDrive to reduce legacy server exposure. “It isn’t a matter of if, it is when” an organization experiences a major cyber incident, Morgan told the board, arguing the county must continue to invest in technical controls and processes to reduce risk.
Key points presented
- Operational milestones: Morgan and director Michael Finch (Technology Services) said the county has…
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