TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
TITLE: Approve Insight Platform Terms of Service to Obtain a Security Information and Event Management Software Subscription in the Amount of $19,068.75.
Recommended Action
Approve Insight Platform Terms of Service to obtain a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Software Subscription in the amount of $19,068.75.
Background Information
The City of North Port’s Information Technology Division is purchasing a SIEM tool to improve resilience and to achieve coverage across the City’s internal environment. The following includes the capabilities of the SIEM tool:
Ø Security center for incident detection and response; authentication monitoring and endpoint visibility.
Ø Identifies unauthorized access from external and internal threats and highlights suspicious activity through thousands of data streams.
Ø Collects data from existing network security tools; authentication logs and endpoint devices and unifies City data into a single security view.
Ø Sends alerts for suspicious activity and prioritizes events based on the level of criticality.
The Insight Platform Terms of Service to obtain a SIEM Software Subscription has been reviewed by the City Attorney and is legally correct as to form.
Strategic Plan
Efficient and Effective Government
Financial Impact
The subscription cost for these services is $14,628.00 and a one-time implementation and training cost of $4,440.75 has been included in the approved City Manager, Information Technology Division Budget for Fiscal Year 2022-2023, account numbers 001-0710-516-31-05 and 001-0710-516-54-00.
Procurement
Procurement is being made in accordance with the Administrative Procurement Thresholds set forth in the Purchasing Procedures Manual.
Attachments: Exempt from public record pursuant to Florida Statutes Section 119.0725.
Prepared by: Vicki Edwards, Senior Business Administrator
Eric Ryan, Information Technology Manager
Department Director: Juliana B. Bellia, Assistant City Manager