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IT director urges pay study as county rolls out backups, Arctic Wolf security and an AI access policy
Summary
Jackson County IT reported major infrastructure and security investments — cloud backups, VPN migration, endpoint protection and a $2 million Arctic Wolf warranty — and warned staff shortages and market pay disparities threaten operations; an AI access policy is under legal review.
Mike Erickson, Jackson County’s director of information technology, briefed the budget committee on 2025 accomplishments and 2026 requests, emphasizing infrastructure refreshes and cybersecurity safeguards.
Erickson said the county completed a SharePoint/intranet relaunch, implemented Aumentum and medical examiner software, and launched a Granicus GXA AI chat pilot. He described infrastructure investments including replacement of core switches and edge network devices, a cloud backups project for Microsoft 365 and a VPN migration to…
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