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An Ordinance accepting the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program award in the amount of $35,272.80 from the Missouri Department of Public Safety Office of Homeland Security for the review and development of necessary policies and training plans for the City of Lee's Summit, Missouri.
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Issue/Request:
Staff is seeking approval of a grant award from the State of Missouri Department of Public Safety Office of Homeland Security for the purpose of reviewing and improving its existing policies and training plans.
Key Issues:
-Cybersecurity is an ever-growing concern for local governments.
-Federal agencies, Like the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed recommended policy sets for cybersecurity.
-The city has many, nut not all of the necessary policies in place, and some existing policies need to be updated.
-Through the grant, The City intends to contract with an outside consultant to assist the city in the review and develop of its Cyber Security policy set.
-A detailed position specific training plan for ITS staff will be developed
-The grant award must be accepted and executed by March 21, 2023.
Proposed City Council Motion:
I move for adoption of an ordinance of the City Council of the city of Lee's Summit, Missouri accepting the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program award in the amount of $35,272.80 from the Missouri Department of Public Safety Office of Homeland Security for the review and development of necessary policies and training plans.
Background:
The City of Lee's Summit IT Division as part of its responsibilities creates and maintains policies related to the City’s technology infrastructure, and its use. Cybersecurity falls in this area. The area of cyber security evolves rapidly, and the need to review, update, and add policies is ever-present. To get us to a place where our polices and position training requirements are up to da...
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