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End Point Protection (EPP) / End Point Detection <br />& Response (EDR) and Managed Detection & <br />Response Procurement Recommendation <br />Dan Russell <br />Director, Information Technology <br />January 12, 2021 <br />1/12/2021 12.E.1. <br />01/12/2021 12.E.1. <br />Background <br />• On October 22, 2020, the Indian River County (IRC) Board of County <br />Commissioners (BoCC) network was the target of a cyber -attack <br />• Fortunately, the IRC Information Technology (IT) Department staff discovered the <br />attack in progress and were able to successfully mitigate the attack with no <br />adverse impacts to the IRC BoCC Network <br />• We did experience a limited, self-imposed, loss of certain technology services <br />while a forensic investigation was conducted to ensure that any unauthorized <br />access to the network was eradicated <br />• Subsequent to completing the forensics investigation, the IRC IT staff examined <br />the attack vectors that were deemed contributory to the attack and determined <br />that the current end point protection (EPP) & anti-virus (AV) software should be <br />upgraded to assist with detection and response to future cyber -attacks <br />1/12/2021 12.E.1. <br />