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C. 52

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Marc Shorr, Chief Information Officer
Date:	March 2, 2021

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Authorize Purchasing Agent to Issue Purchase Order with General Datatech, L.P.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 03/02/2021

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Marc Shorr, 925-608-4071

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: March 2, 2021
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent to execute, on behalf of the Chief Information Officer, a purchase order with General Datatech, L.P. in an amount not to exceed $705,897, and a software and services agreement with CrowdStrike, Inc., for the purchase of CrowdStrike Falcon Complete, a managed computer system endpoint protection software and service, for the period of March 15, 2021 through March 15, 2022.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The cost for implementing Falcon Complete is $705,897 per year for 9,300 licenses and will cover all County departments except Health Services Department. Funding has been budgeted for FY 2020-21 (100% General Fund)

BACKGROUND:

On January 3, 2020, the Library sustained a Ransomware attack on their administrative network. Library staff were unable to access any files stored on their servers. The attack also affected their ability to receive and send email. As part of the activities that enabled successful remediation of this event, the Department of Information Technology deployed CrowdStrike Falcon endpoint software to the Library, and other select departments, on a proof-of-concept basis. This software has successfully defended our departments since this time.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

DoIT-supported departments' infrastructure would be at risk of another possible attack. Critical Services would take longer to restore, causing further service impacts to citizens.