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Anderson Council renews managed IT and cybersecurity contract ahead of SLED audit
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Summary
Council unanimously approved a one‑year renewal with Sharp Business Systems for managed IT and cybersecurity services, citing 24/7 monitoring, EDR, cloud backups and support for the police department's upcoming SLED CJIS audit.
The Anderson City Council unanimously approved renewal of the city's managed IT and cybersecurity contract with Sharp Business Systems, citing continuous monitoring, endpoint detection and response (EDR), and cloud backups to keep systems audit‑ready.
City Chief Information Officer Jason Nissen described the services covered by the renewal: a 24/7 network operations and security operations center, centralized logging (SIM), cloud‑to‑cloud backups for employee files, endpoint detection and response software for servers and desktops, and remote management capabilities. Nissen said these services help the city's police department comply with the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) security policy administered by SLED and noted an upcoming SLED triennial audit scheduled for May 1.
Council members discussed a rise in phishing and malicious connections and expressed support for continued contracting to mitigate cyber risks. Nissen said the city's systems block thousands of potentially malicious connections each day and credited the service for enabling rapid detection and rollback after past intrusions.
The council approved the contract renewal by voice vote with no recorded opposition.
