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C. 57

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Marc Shorr, Chief Information Officer
Date:	April 26, 2022

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Costa

County

Subject:

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent to execute, on behalf of the Chief Information Officer, a purchase order with General Datatech, L.P.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 04/26/2022

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:	Nathan Wiebe 925-500-3393
cc:	Nancy Zandonella Nancy Zandonella

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: April 26, 2022
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent to execute, on behalf of the Chief Information Officer, Department of Information Technology, a purchase order with General Datatech, L.P. not to exceed $1,115,000 for the renewal of CrowdStrike Falcon Complete, a managed endpoint protection service, for the period of March 22, 2022 through March 21, 2023.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The cost for service is included in the Department of Information Technology's Security budget and will cover all County departments except the Health Services Department. (100% Charges to Users)

BACKGROUND:

On March 2, 2021, the Board approved a software and services agreement with CrowdStrike, Inc. and a purchase order with General Datatech, L.P. for the purchase and implementation of CrowdStrike Falcon Complete software. This anti-virus protection software provides 24x7 monitoring, detection and response activities to detect and prevent account breaches. The software was deployed in 2021 and has been working very effectively at identifying and mitigating potential cyber incidences. The Department of Information Technology recommends renewing this managed endpoint protection software. The services being purchased are governed by the Crowdstrike Terms and Conditions, dated March 19, 2021, between the County and Crowdstrike.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this agreement is not approved, the County’s infrastructure will be at risk of a possible breach.