Placentia City Council
TO: CITY COUNCIL
VIA: CITY ADMINISTRATOR
FROM: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGER
DATE: JANUARY 23, 2024
AGENDA REPORT
SUBJECT: RENEWAL OF ARCTIC WOLF MANAGED DETECTION AND RESPONSE
SOLUTION FOR DEDICATED CYBERSECURITY MONITORING
FISCAL EXPENSE: $ 76,176.14 TOTAL PROJECT COST
IMPACT: BUDGET: $240,473.95 (101523-6136)
SUMMARY:
On July 19, 2022, the City Council approved and authorized the purchase of Server and Networking Infrastructure Replacement for City Hall and Public Safety. Included in the approval was the purchase of a Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Solution for Cybersecurity. The City continues to see an increase of intrusions and email phishing attempts in the past year. And many neighboring partners have also seen this increase.
Arctic Wolf is a fully certified Managed Detection and Response company specializing in small to midsized firms and local government agencies. Arctic Wolf also provides a monthly education program to routinely train City employees to be more vigilant on the City's network infrastructure.
Arctic Wolf provides the City's IT Department with real-time reporting of vulnerabilities, security reviews and recommendations. Arctic Wolf provides audit trails of user or network activity and helps identify the areas of risk with a dedicated Cybersecurity team monitoring 24/7.
This action will add 25 additional users and 25 additional devices to monitor from the prior year and factoring in the annual increase of year over year inflation increase, the renewal cost is $76,176.14.
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council take the following actions:
1. Approve the renewal of Arctic Wolf MDR Solution as the Cybersecurity Monitoring Solution for the City in an amount not -to -exceed $76,176.14; and
2. Authorize the City Administrator and/or his designee to execute all necessary documents in a form approved by the City Attorney.
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City Council Agenda
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STRATEGIC PLAN STATEMENT:
There is no specific Strategic Plan Goal or Objective associated with this Council action.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The City budgeted funds in the General Fund, Information Technology Software Maintenance account to cover the renewal amount of $76,176.14. A balance of $240,437.95 remains in the budgeted Fiscal Year 2023-24 Software Maintenance Budget. As such, sufficient funds exist for the recommended action.
Prepared by:
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Daniel Chang
Information Technology Manager
Reviewed and approved:
Rosanna Ramirez
Deputy City Administrator'
Reviewed and approved: Reviewed and approved:
Jen ' er Lampman `barn ien-RArruia�===
Finance Director City Administrator
Attachment:
Arctic Wolf Renewal Quote