File #: RS2024-614   
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 7/25/2024 In control: Metropolitan Council
On agenda: 8/6/2024 Final action: 8/6/2024
Title: A resolution approving a State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) application and accepting a SLCGP grant award from the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration, Strategic Technology Solutions, to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Information Technology Services Department, to utilize cybersecurity awareness training and deploy an Endpoint Detection and Response solution.
Sponsors: Delishia Porterfield, Russ Bradford, Zulfat Suara, Tasha Ellis, Terry Vo
Attachments: 1. Grant Contract
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A resolution approving a State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) application and accepting a SLCGP grant award from the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration, Strategic Technology Solutions, to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Information Technology Services Department, to utilize cybersecurity awareness training and deploy an Endpoint Detection and Response solution.
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WHEREAS, the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration, Strategic Technology Solutions, accepted an application for a SLCGP grant from the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Information Technology Services Department, to utilize cybersecurity awareness training and deploy an Endpoint Detection and Response solution; and,
WHEREAS, the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration, Strategic Technology Solutions, has awarded a SLCGP grant to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Information Technology Services Department, to utilize cybersecurity awareness training and deploy an Endpoint Detection and Response solution; and,
WHEREAS, the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration, Strategic Technology Solutions, has allocated 9261 licenses for Endpoint Detection and Response and 25 licenses for End User Cybersecurity Awareness Training in lieu of direct funding with no required cash match, to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Information Technology Services Department; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that the grant application be approved and the grant award be accepted.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That the SLCGP application and grant award from the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration, Strategic Technology Solutions, to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Info...

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