Title
Security Threat Intelligence Services
Action
Action:
A. Approve the purchase of the Crowdstrike Falcon Intelligence service from a cooperative purchasing contract as authorized by G.S. 143-129(e)(3),
B. Approve a contract with SHI Government Solutions, Inc. for the purchase of the Crowdstrike Falcon Intelligence service for a term of one year under The Interlocal Purchasing System, contract number 3071615, and
C. Authorize the City Manager to extend the contract for additional one-year terms as long as the cooperative contract is in effect, at prices and terms that are the same or more favorable than those offered under the cooperative contract.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Jeffrey Stovall, Innovation & Technology
Cooperative Purchasing Exemption
NC S.L. 2001-328, effective January 1, 2002 authorizes competitive group purchasing.
Explanation
§ Innovation & Technology has an identified need for information security threat intelligence services. Information security threat intelligence services include intelligence products that are developed through normalized collection, processing, and analysis of data about information security threats and other security-related issues.
§ The City of Charlotte is the target of recurring electronic scams, probes, and attacks to determine the defensive posture of the City's information systems and to attempt to compromise those systems. Information security threat intelligence services will provide the City's information security staff with the information needed to both combat ongoing threats and to take proactive steps to more effectively engineer the City's defensive posture to thwart future threats.
§ Staff anticipates that this service will facilitate a better defensive posture for City information systems, leading to fewer hours spent remediating information security problems.
§ Staff performed an informal quotation process to compare pricing available from various sales channels. Purchasing through the SHI Government Solutions, Inc. contract with The Interlocal Purchasing System will provide pricing that is at least 4% less than other sales channels that were reviewed during this process.
§ Annual expenditures are estimated to be $100,000.
Charlotte Business INClusion
This is a cooperative purchasing contract and is exempt (Part A: Appendix 1.27 of the Charlotte Business INClusion Policy).
Fiscal Note
Funding: Innovation & Technology Operating Budget