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County IT director asks for data‑ingest boost and outlines cybersecurity gains
Summary
County IT staff reported recent cybersecurity work (MFA, CrowdStrike, email filtering) and requested roughly $15,000 to increase log/data ingest and retention so the county meets CJIS and other compliance requirements; speakers also said telecom consolidation has cut costs by about $4,000 per month.
The county’s IT director (Speaker 3) briefed commissioners on a year of technology upgrades and asked for funding to expand monitoring and retention capabilities. The director said the county moved many services off‑premises to mitigate spam and dialer attacks, instituted multi‑factor authentication for ~80% of accounts, and expanded CrowdStrike coverage and a security incident management platform.
On costs, the director said consolidation of central phone services and removal of redundant lines is saving "approximately $4,000 a month," and asked the commission to budget about $15,000 to increase data ingest and extend retention for security logs (from 60 days toward one year) so the county can meet CJIS auditing needs. "We've expanded the CrowdStrike cybersecurity platform... it looks like that," he said when describing the incident‑management system.
Commissioners and staff asked about mobile‑user exceptions for MFA, costs of longer retention, and whether the proposal would be classified as capital or operating; staff said the purchase is a service subscription and recommended placement in a computer‑maintenance or dedicated IT line so it is trackable.
Next steps: IT will provide detailed quotes and a recommended line‑item classification for inclusion in the final budget.
