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DATE: FEBRUARY 5, 2008 --_
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SUBJECT: Purchase of Wide Area Network (WAN) Vulnerability Assessment Tool
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent to execute a purchase order, on behalf of
the Department of Information Technology, with Western Blue for a vulnerability assessment
tool, up to the amount of $250,000 for the period from March 1 , 2008 through February 28,
2011.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The cost of $250,000, is budgeted for 2007/2008 and is included as part of each departments
WAN fee.
BACKGROUND:
As an ongoing strategic and tactical course of action, the County has determined a need to
acquire a solution that will assist the County in proactively identifying potential threats and
vulnerabilities to ensure an ongoing healthy Information Technology (IT) infrastructure.
This vulnerability assessment tool will discover all of the Information Technology (IT) assets
connected to the County Wide Area Network (WAN). It will provide discretionary analysis to
drill down within the identified IT assets and to determine if they are compliant with patches for
revision releases, security patches, configuration errors or omissions.
This turn-key solution is aimed at improving coordination and integration of the county's multi-
disciplinary, multi-jurisdictional departmental network (the County's WAN). It will allow IT staff
to determine threats and vulnerabilities to the County's IT infrastructure and proactively
mitigate these threats and vulnerabilities to an acceptable level of business risk.
In accordance with Administrative Bulletin No 611.0, County Departments are required to get
Board approval for single item purchases over $100,000. The County Administrator's Office has
reviewed this request and recommends approval.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT_YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR_RECOMMENDATION OF OARD COM EE
✓APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE( '
ACTION OF BO ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN
AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ON MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Tom Whittington(3-1204)
CC: Information Technology
General Services
——Purchasing ATTESTED
County Administrator JOHN CULLEN,CLERK OV
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
D COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY P
r SUPPLEMENTAL APPROVAL FORM FOR ITEMS OVER $25,000
Department: Date:
Authorized Requestor: Telephone: 313 /�CjZ
Authorized Requestor Signature:
1. Item:
2. Single Item F] Integrated System
3. How does this purchase meet the Departments operational needs?
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4. Estimated cost of equipment: 70? S 4
5. Funding Source:
6. County Admin i rator Approval
Signature. Date: VZ_�� Oe