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Clinton County IT requests $1,995 MS‑ISAC membership as ForeverSuite fee rises 5%
Summary
Jason, an IT department staff member, told the Oct. 13 Clinton County work session that the county is being asked to pay an estimated $1,995 for a one‑year MS‑ISAC membership and that the ForeverSuite accounting subscription will increase by about 5% — an amount staff said was budgeted last year.
Jason, an IT department staff member, told the Oct. 13 Clinton County work session that two items on the coming Thursday agenda relate to IT purchases: a ForeverSuite accounting subscription that logs calls in and out of county systems and a proposed paid membership to the Multi‑State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS‑ISAC).
"This is a tool we utilize. It's a multistate information sharing about cybersecurity. We use things. They notify us of threat vectors across the world. Very useful tool to us," Jason said, describing MS‑ISAC's role in notifying the county of cybersecurity threats. He said MS‑ISAC had previously been free but "now there is a membership fee, that is being proposed," and later gave the estimated one‑year cost as "about $2,000. 1,995." (Transcript: 00:00:33–00:01:08.)
On ForeverSuite, Jason said the product currently carries a charge and is increasing by roughly 5 percent. "Yes. That is going up 5%. It is now $5.71. We budgeted for that increase over the last year," he said. Staff indicated the county had budgeted for that anticipated increase. (Transcript: 00:01:20–00:01:24.)
Commissioners asked for the specific MS‑ISAC quote; Jason said a colleague, Sean, had requested and possessed a formal quote and that staff would provide it. Jason and other participants treated these items as agenda requests to be placed on the Oct. 16 consent or regular agenda; no motion or formal vote to approve the MS‑ISAC membership or any purchase is recorded in the transcript.
Ending: Staff will bring the MS‑ISAC quote and the ForeverSuite line items to the upcoming Thursday agenda for formal consideration; the transcript does not record any vote or final approval during the Oct. 13 work session.
