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County IT seeks renewals, project-management software and a homeland-security grant for AI email security
Summary
Aaron asked the committee to place a KnowBe4-style annual cybersecurity training renewal and a Brightworks project-management purchase on the July 28 agenda, and described a $26,000 grant proposal to acquire an AI-assisted email security service under the state homeland-security grant program.
Aaron told the committee the annual cybersecurity awareness training contract is a one-year renewal with a per-user increase of about $2.49 for roughly 200 users; he asked that the renewal be added to the July 28 fiscal court agenda. "This year, our price went up $2.49 per user. We have a quantity of 200 users," Aaron said.
He also said the county will apply for a 25-26 state homeland-security grant with a cybersecurity emphasis and is seeking approximately $26,000 to buy an AI-assisted email security SaaS. Aaron described the tool as behavioral and AI-assisted: it flags emails whose timing, subject or recipients do not match normal patterns and can quarantine suspicious messages. "It looks at behavior ... It's AI assisted," he said.
Separately, Aaron presented a budgeted Brightworks 365 project-management software purchase for 30 users (including professional services) at an approximate total cost of $14,870; Jenny's office reviewed vendor terms and confirmed government/tax-exempt pricing. Staff said the purchase was intended to improve reporting and project oversight, not to produce immediate cost savings.
The committee agreed to add the training renewal and software items to the July 28 agenda and encouraged staff to proceed with the grant application if the project fit the grant's national-priority areas.
