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Leslie R. Swan <br />Supervisor of Elections <br />Indian River County <br />April 11, 2018 <br />The Honorable Peter O'Bryan, Chairman <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />Indian River County <br />180027 th Street, Building A <br />Vero Beach, FL 32960 <br />Dear Chairman O'Bryan: <br />Cybersecurity is a serious threat for elections officials which cannot be taken lightly. The Center <br />for Internet Security®(CIS°), through the Multi -State Information Sharing & Analysis Center® <br />(MS-ISACO) is offering network security monitoring services through a solution referred to as <br />Albert. Albert provides network security alerts for both traditional and advanced network <br />threats, helping organizations identify malicious activity. This cost-effective Intrusion Detection <br />System uses open source software combined with the expertise of the MS-1SAC 247 Security <br />Operations Center to provide enhanced monitoring capabilities and notifications of malicious <br />activity. <br />The recently adopted State of Florida budget, which goes into effect July 1, 2018, provides <br />counties a reimbursement grant to purchase the Albert server. The purchase price of the <br />server and components is $8,607.23, plus a one-time initiation fee of $900. The monthly <br />monitoring fee is $620. The reimbursable grant includes the Albert server, initiation fee, and <br />first 12 months of monitoring - total State reimbursable funds are $16,947.23. My intention is <br />to purchase and install the Albert server in the next 30 days. <br />43 5 43rd f�_�er�-u Vern Reach FT_,329h7 .) _(�ffirP .(77 1 ?.?A-1440 I FaY•-(72)]22()_5267 <br />