Broward County Commission Regular Meeting
Director's Name: George Tablack
Department: Finance and Administrative Services Division: Purchasing
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Requested Action
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MOTION TO APPROVE sole brand, sole source standardization of Splunk Inc. for Information and Event Management software solution to mitigate security attacks against multiple systems and applications within Broward County, utilizing the most appropriate alternate government contract at the time of contract execution, for Enterprise Technology Services Division, including all Broward County agencies and offices.
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Why Action is Necessary
In accordance with the Broward County Procurement Code, Section 21.54.c, the Board is required to approve all standardizations over the award authority of the Director of Purchasing; and Section 21.43, the Board is required to approve all contracts for supplies or services of more than five years.
What Action Accomplishes
Standardize Splunk Inc. security information and event management enterprise security platform which provides visibility to investigate security incidents in real time.
Is this Action Goal Related
Yes
Previous Action Taken
None.
Summary Explanation/Background
THE FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE PURCHASING DIVISION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTION.
This item supports the Board's Value of "Consistently delivering responsive, efficient, quality services to the public and internal customers"; and its Goal to "Build into every process and service effective checks and balances that do not cause inefficiency, but rather ensure consistency, continuity, and quality".
Splunk is the County's primary security monitoring and alerting system. It has been integrated with the County's ERP system at implementation of PeopleSoft as a sole brand purchase on July 30, 2015. Splunk has been proven to be compatible within the County infrastructure and systems. Splunk offers a cost-effective and flexible way...
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