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Milbank staff briefed on SecureSD / Microsoft 365 GCC transition to strengthen city cybersecurity
Summary
City staff presented the SecureSD opportunity to migrate the city's IT to Microsoft 365 Government Community Cloud (GCC) with state-aligned support from Dakota State University and TwoTrees Technologies, offering Defender Plan 2 protections, multi-factor authentication, and a verified milbanksd.gov domain through 2028.
City staff presented an overview April 13 of a proposed transition to the State of South Dakota's SecureSD program to move municipal email and services into a Microsoft 365 Government Community Cloud (GCC) environment. The package—supported by Dakota State University and local implementation partner TwoTrees Technologies—would include multi-factor authentication, Microsoft Defender protections (Plan 2), and domain authentication standards (DKIM, DMARC, SPF) to reduce phishing and impersonation risk.
City staff and council framed the effort as a cybersecurity hardening step and a way to establish a verified milbanksd.gov domain to increase public trust in official communications. The presentation covered migration scope (email, domain configuration, identity management) and an expected state-supported implementation window through 2028; council discussion focused on vendor support, costs, and next steps for formal participation.
