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Columbus tech director seeks dozens of IT hires after 2024 cyber incident, flags rising licensing costs
Summary
Department of Technology described a 2024 cyber incident response, reported monitoring and mitigation metrics, and proposed staff additions (network/fiber specialists, data analysts, cybersecurity roles) to improve resilience; council probed training, control over systems, and recruitment strategies.
The City of Columbus Department of Technology outlined staffing and investment needs to strengthen the city's cybersecurity posture and support ongoing modernization.
Director Sam Orth said the department responded to a cyber incident in July 2024 and since then has strengthened infrastructure and monitoring. He reported that the department has monitored more than 200 billion cyber events, blocked more than 400,000 threats, contained 373 incidents, migrated 9,000 devices to modern endpoint protection, and processed more than 60,000 tech help…
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