DATE: July 18, 2023
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Robert W. Bash, Director, Internal Services/Chief Information Officer
SUBJECT: Amendment No. 2 to Agreement with Troncore, LLC.
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the Second Amendment to Agreement with Troncore, LLC, for additional information technology (IT) security auditing and testing, effective upon execution, with no change to the term of October 6, 2020 through October 5, 2025 and increasing the maximum compensation amount by $132,000 to a total of $747,000.
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with approval of the recommended action, which will increase the maximum agreement compensation to account for costs associated with necessary additional internal and external penetration testing of the County's IT network and infrastructure to comply with current IT security standards and with the increasingly stringent security testing required for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Should your Board not approve the recommended action, the Internal Services Department - Information Technology (ISD - IT) division would be unable to meet HIPAA compliance requirements for information technology security, and may not be able to identify and minimize potential network vulnerabilities.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The recommended agreement increases the maximum compensation by $132,000 to a total of $747,000 and will be funded with portions of the rates charged to user departments. Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenues have been included in the ISD-IT Org 8905 FY 2023-24 Recommended Budget and will be requested in future years.
DISCUSSION:
On October 6, 2020, your Board approved Agreement No. 20-394 with Troncore, LLC ("Troncore") for IT security auditing and testing services for the...
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