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La Paz County IT seeks $240,000 for server upgrade, SIEM and enterprise Wi‑Fi
Summary
County IT outlined cybersecurity gains and asked the Board to fund a server operating‑system upgrade ($100,000), a security information and event management system (~$90,000) and enterprise Wi‑Fi (~$50,000) to reduce intrusion risk and modernize county networks.
La Paz County’s IT lead told the Board the county has moved key systems onto a unified network and switched to state‑provided CrowdStrike for endpoint protection, but told supervisors further investment is needed to keep infrastructure secure and up to date.
The county plans three near‑term projects: upgrade server operating systems before Microsoft ends support for older platforms in 2027, implement a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) system to detect intrusions early, and replace consumer Wi‑Fi devices with…
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