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Information Technologies Department recommending the Board:
1) Make findings in accordance with Procurement Policy C-17, Section 3.4 (4), Exemptions from Competitive Bidding, that National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) Agreement AR2472 is exempt from competitive bidding due to a competitively bid agreement being utilized;
2) Authorize the use of NASPO Agreement AR2472 and California Participating Addendum 7-17-70-40-05 between Carahsoft Technology Corporation and State of Utah as the lead public agency for the competitively bid services; and
3) Approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent to issue a Purchase Order to ePlus Technology Inc. in the amount of $356,333.94 for the purchase of Proofpoint Security Enterprise Threat Protection, Email Fraud Defense, Secure Email Relay, and support services for a three-year period per ePlus quote 23438875.
FUNDING: General Fund, with partial cost recovery in future years through the Countywide Cost Allocation Plan.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Information Technologies Department is looking to renew Proofpoint Enterprise-level solutions with ePlus Technology Inc. Proofpoint Core Email Protection is an advanced email security solution that provides efficient and comprehensive multi-layered advanced threat detection, and increases email security, data governance, and collaboration security. Proofpoint uses threat protection solutions to prevent, detect, and notify their clients of advanced threats and helps resolve them before they cause lasting harm. The Proofpoint platform integrates with the County’s current security platforms, including Palo Alto Networks and Crowdstrike. Proofpoint provides targeted attack protection to prevent known and unknown threats from reaching County employees. They also defend against complex malware or hacking attacks that target sensitive data within an organization. Proofpoint further protects the County in the face of increases in email usage, email-based thre...
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