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Council discusses cybersecurity needs; staff to investigate piggybacking on state Proofpoint contract
Summary
IT staff said the city must meet Florida Digital Services and FDLE guidelines and is operating toward a 'deny by default' zero‑trust posture; council asked about piggybacking on the state's Proofpoint contract and staff agreed to investigate feasibility and migration impacts.
Council questioned the city's cybersecurity posture and whether the city could piggyback on a state contract to save money. IT staff (identified in the transcript as Dominic) said the city must meet Florida Digital Services and FDLE guidelines, move away from SMS-based multifactor authentication, and may need hardware tokens and encryption keys as part of a zero‑trust approach. "What the city has moved to has been called a deny by default in a 0 trust environment," Dominic said.
Council referenced a state contract with Proofpoint that allows government entities to piggyback for reduced cost; IT staff said the city currently uses Barracuda Enhanced Security and that migrating mailboxes and archives could be complex and resource‑intensive, but that he would look into whether the Proofpoint arrangement was feasible for the city's environment.
