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South Pasadena IT manager outlines cybersecurity fixes, $280,000 telecommunications savings
Summary
Tim Schofield, the city’s new IT systems manager, told the Public Safety Commission the city cut phishing vulnerability rates from roughly 60% to 16%, pared an initial inventory of ~220 network vulnerabilities to ~75 (8 critical), implemented four IT governance policies, and identified roughly $280,000 in annual telecom savings from retiring unused lines and renegotiating vendor contracts.
Tim Schofield, the city of South Pasadena’s IT systems manager, briefed the Public Safety Commission on March 24 about steps taken since he joined the city in October 2025 to strengthen the city’s IT and cybersecurity posture. Schofield said staff-run phishing campaigns reduced staff susceptibility from about 60% to roughly 16%, close to the industry benchmark of 15 percent.
Schofield said an initial vulnerability audit identified about 220 issues; remediation work has cut that list to roughly 75 remaining vulnerabilities, eight of them classified as critical. He said the city adopted four IT governance policies covering…
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