Primary Department: Universal Services
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Sindhu Menon, Executive Director and CIO
Managing Department: Universal Services
Managing Department Head/Elected Official: Sindhu Menon, Executive Director and CIO
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Investment Memo
Investment Memo Type: Final Investment Memo
Project Name: Cyber Security
Project ID (if applicable): NI007
Vendor Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Current Achievement (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A - Not a grant item
Incremental Authorization Requested: $6,170,000
Total Estimated Project Cost: $6,570,000 (FY2026)
Request Summary:
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Request for approval of a Final Investment Memo for the Cyber Security project, for an incremental authorization of $6,170,000 for a total authorization of $6,570,000 for FY2026 and commercial paper funding in the amount of $3,000,000.
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Project Description:
The objective of this project is to enhance Harris County's overall cyber security program. The program's objectives are designed to (1) mitigate known risks, (2) address ongoing threats, and (3) ensure a defense-in-depth strategy that will continuously improve the County's ability to proactively identify and address risks across the county's enterprise network and technology resources. This project and its investments complement the County's cybersecurity operations and provide the necessary hardware and software for it to run.
This project provides critical systems to keep the county secure from cyber-attacks on Harris County computer systems, networks and data from digital attacks and unauthorized access. For FY2026 projects include penetration testing, Identity and Access management application system (Single Sign...
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