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Fairfield County IT director outlines cybersecurity upgrades, cautious approach to AI

Fairfield County Board of Commissioners · April 28, 2026
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IT Director Daniel Neeley told commissioners the county is replacing outdated security cameras and badge scanners, centralizing print management, conducting penetration testing and has a 30-day cloud retention policy for camera footage; he said the county is evaluating Microsoft Copilot but has not fed internal data into public AI systems.

Daniel Neeley, Fairfield County’s IT director, briefed the Board of Commissioners on efforts to strengthen the county’s cyber defenses and cautiously evaluate artificial intelligence tools.

Neeley told commissioners the county has identified numerous legacy security cameras and badge readers that can no longer receive software patches and requires replacement. He said the county stores camera footage in the cloud with…

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