Woodbury County backs cybersecurity tabletop and designates official posting locations under new state rule

Woodbury County supervisors on July 7 expressed support for a cybersecurity tabletop exercise led by WCICC IT and approved an administrative measure to designate new official posting locations.

John Malloy, an IT representative from WCICC, briefed the board on a proposed tabletop exercise for county leadership to rehearse communications and coordination in the event of a cyber incident. Malloy said prior exercises with the city provided useful insights and asked for ‘‘buy-in’’ from several county leaders; supervisors generally endorsed the idea and suggested late summer or September scheduling.

In a separate administrative action, the board voted 5-0 to designate the glass-windowed doors at the former Douglas Street public entrance and to continue using the north-entrance bulletin board in the courthouse as physical posting locations, and reaffirmed woodburycountyiowa.gov as the county’s primary Internet posting place to comply with House File 2490. Auditor Michelle Scaff said township posting requirements may need further review.

The board also received committee reports: Solid Waste approved acquiring a portable 60-gallon foam fire-suppression unit (a wheeled cart with a 50-foot hose and a stated 75-foot reach) to be cost-shared with Gil Hauling; the transcript lists a unit price of $1,650 but also states the county share as $8,250 (an inconsistency noted on the record). The 9-1-1 board approved the sheriff’s office radio purchase — 120 Motorola radios — at a total cost of $104,887.21.

The board directed staff to publish the updated posting locations and to coordinate scheduling for the cybersecurity exercise. No binding contractual purchases for IT security tools were approved at the meeting.