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Put Technology to Work

Goal 1: Ensure Availability of Information, Programs, and City Services
Objective 1: Provide for the Efficient Access and Appropriate Management of the City’s Data
Project Performance Measure(s) City Service Team (Department)
PTW CARES Act Funding – Firewalls Project completion by the federal Shared Services (IT)
1.1.6 deadline for CARES Act Coronavirus
Relief Funds (CRF)
Summary:
Milestone Estimated Status
Information Technology (IT) will implement a Completion
project to replace the existing perimeter firewalls Finalize Vendor Selection 4 Qtr. FY 2020 Complete
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that will support and/or improve telework Secure Statement of Work 4 Qtr. FY 2020 Complete
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capabilities for employees who are working for professional services
remotely due to COVID‐19. th
Initiate Procurement Process 4 Qtr. FY 2020 Complete
Receive Equipment 4 Qtr. FY 2020 Complete
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The existing firewalls reached operational
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Deploy Equipment 1 Qtr. FY 2021 Complete
capacity and lack the security controls that
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Project Closure 2 Qtr. FY 2021 Complete
properly safeguard our technology infrastructure.

The proposed investment is necessary to improve
our operational resiliency by enhancing our
security, availability, and confidentiality.

The new firewalls will provide features that are
currently unavailable, and will improve our
security posture for our telework environment
through:
 Virtual Private Network (VPN) –Increase
telework, and remote users secured
access to City’s technology resources
through the firewall’s capabilities
 Advance Threat Protection – minimize
and mitigate malicious files traversing the
network
 Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) –
detect and prevent unauthorized access
to the network that may exploit
vulnerabilities

Update:
The firewalls have been installed. The project
team is working with the vendor to document the
technical architecture and finalize several
configuration items prior to project closure.

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