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Commissioners warned of radio replacement and cybersecurity costs as county systems age
Summary
Officials flagged long-term needs for radio replacement (handheld units estimated near $800,000) and growing cybersecurity vulnerabilities across county systems; commissioners said upgrades and segmentation of county servers will be needed in coming years.
Commissioners and department heads discussed county emergency communications and cybersecurity readiness during the budget workshop. One commissioner warned that replacing handheld radios to a modern, interoperable standard would be expensive: "...to replace the current radios that we have is gonna cost us about $800,000," the speaker said when describing the state system and hardware costs.
Discussion also covered cybersecurity assessments, segmentation of county servers and risks from IoT devices and HVAC systems; a commissioner relayed recent guidance and county assessments and urged a prioritized plan. Officials noted that the radio and cyber needs compete with other capital requests and that funding sources will need to be identified in forthcoming budget deliberations.
Provenance: topicintro SEG 2568, topfinish SEG 2710
