Primary Department: Purchasing
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Paige McInnis
Secondary Department: Toll Road Authority
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: Roberto Trevino
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Award
Project ID (if applicable): 190127
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Fortra, LLC
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): 0%
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
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Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request that the County Judge execute a settlement agreement with Fortra, LLC in the amount of $228,229 for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Managed Security (MSS) Solutions for the Toll Road Authority through July 31, 2025 for full compensation of services provided from December 2024 - March 2025.
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Background and Discussion: This contract is a critical piece of HCTRA’s PCI compliance which provides storage of logs, review of data, vulnerability scanning, and escalation of possible malicious activity. Fortra, LLC enables the Information Security Team to focus on the escalated events, decreasing the time spent on false positives.
Expected Impact: This contract will allow optimization of HCTRA’s data management by providing support, review, and storing of logs generated by critical HCTRA hardware.
Alternative Options: No other recommended solution for this identified need.
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Prior Court Action (if any):
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12/17/2019 |
23d.13o. |
Contract Award |
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12/1/2020 |
20c. 9d. |
Renewal No. 1 |
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1/4/2022 |
171 |
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1/31/2023 |
277 |
Renewal No. 3 |
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2/27/2024 |
291 |
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Precinct(s): Countywide
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Anticipated Court Date: 3/27/2025
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Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or COVID-19 related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Tamara Tippey, IT Risk and Security Manager, Harris County Toll Road Authority; Margaret Obot, Sourcing Manager, Purchasing
Attachments (if applicable): Letter