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Plumas County approves CrowdStrike, Cohesity cybersecurity and backup contracts amid public questions
Summary
County IT presented purchase of CrowdStrike endpoint security and Cohesity backup (not to exceed $54,002); the board approved the contracts after public questions about a past CrowdStrike outage and staffing to manage the tools.
Plumas County's board approved procurement of CrowdStrike endpoint detection and response and a Cohesity immutable backup solution on Jan. 7, with staff emphasizing the purchases are critical for business continuity and recovery.
Gregory Ellenson of county IT and other IT staff said CrowdStrike monitors endpoints to stop attackers and Cohesity provides immutable backups that…
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