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Marin Housing Authority approves $1.4 million IT services contract after cybersecurity breach response

2112841 · January 15, 2025
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The Marin County Housing Authority approved a five-year managed IT services contract with ConsultAd, Inc. not to exceed $1,400,000 and launched an enterprise security risk assessment after a cyber incident prompted a CalSIC-led forensic review and recommendations.

The Marin County Housing Authority on Jan. 14 authorized a managed IT services contract with ConsultAd, Inc. for a not-to-exceed value of $1,400,000 over five years and approved an enterprise security risk assessment to follow a cybersecurity incident that the California Cybersecurity Integration Center investigated.

The decision followed public concern about nearly $1,000,000 the housing authority reported as stolen and requests that the agency pursue a forensic audit. Jason Balderrama, Marin County’s chief information security officer and a cybersecurity consultant to the housing authority, told commissioners that CalSIC, the Cybersecurity and…

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