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Trustees approve cybersecurity, mapping and camera renewals after staff outline August cyber incident and Flock upgrade
Summary
Trustees approved several technology and safety purchases, including firewall and endpoint renewals after an August cyber incident, GIS license renewal, forward-facing dash cameras for fire apparatus, and an upgrade to the Flock license-plate-reader system; staff said expanded protections and audit procedures are in place.
Chair opened discussion of requisitions for items exceeding $7,500 and Miss Brown outlined purchases including $20,000 to Miami Regionals (tuition support for student employees), $29,754 to Esri Inc. for GIS licensing, a firewall and endpoint protection renewal, prorated CAD interface licensing and purchases for dash cameras and Flock LPR upgrades. The board then heard a security briefing and a vendor presentation before approving the items.
Dennis, the township director who led the IT response, said the township experienced a cyber incident in August that took roughly 24 hours to begin bringing systems back online. "We did have a cyber incident, and our recovery and response from that was approximately 24 hours before we…
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