DATE: December 11, 2018
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Robert W. Bash, Director of Internal Services/Chief Information Officer
SUBJECT: Agreement with BeyondTrust Software, Inc.
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute an Agreement with BeyondTrust Software, Inc. for a privileged access management solution, effective upon execution, not to exceed five consecutive years, which includes a three-year base contract and two optional one-year extensions, total not to exceed $450,000.
REPORT
The recommended action approves and authorizes award of the agreement to BeyondTrust Software, Inc. to provide endpoint licensing, implementation, professional services, training, and maintenance of a privileged access management system to enhance the County's network security. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Should your Board choose not to approve the recommended action, staff would continue to seek an alternative privileged access management (PAM) solution.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. Initial costs for licenses, professional services, first year maintenance, and training total $300,771, which is included within the FY 2018-19 Adopted Budget for the Internal Services Department-Information Technology Org 8905. Costs for the additional years will be included in subsequent recommended budgets.
DISCUSSION:
The Internal Services Department-Information Technology Division (ISD-IT) has been seeking a privileged access management (PAM) solution to prevent the threat of breaches to the County's network, to which multiple vendors have access.
ISD-IT currently monitors vendor/user access to the County's network via an "appointment" process, restricting the vendor to the County's standard operation hours and consuming server resources. Approval of the recommended action will allow ISD-IT to monitor vendor/user access to the County's network through session m...
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