Subject:
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First Amendment to Cyber Response Team and Legal Services Agreement.
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Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Approval of the First Amendment to Cyber Response and Legal Services Agreement.
• On August 9, 2021, the County Administrator approved an agreement providing for a cyber incident response team to sort out/rectify potential cyber incidents.
• Scope of specific services that the Cyber Incident Response Team/ Legal Services provide include but are not limited to incident response, legal advice, and support during cyber incidents.
• The first amendment revises the self-insured retention amount from $250,000.00 to $500,000.00.
• Hourly rates for legal personnel are updated as well: $350.00 for partners, $305.00 for associates, and $150.00 for paralegals.
• Approval of this amendment, by itself, does not have a fiscal impact on the County. It does raise the self-insurance amount. So, if there is an incident, the County will absorb a larger amount of the cost than before this amendment. Funding for such incidents is budgeted and available in the Risk Financing Fund.
Authorize the Chairman to sign and the Clerk of the Circuit Court to attest.
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Strategic Priorities:
Resilient Infrastructure and Environment
1.5 Strengthen resilience and adaptation.
Smart Service delivery
4.3 Improve efficiency of service delivery through technology.
Summary:
The First Amendment increases the self-insured retention amount from $250,000 to $500,000 and updates the hourly rates for legal personnel.
Background/Explanation:
On February 26, 2025, the County Administrator approved 25-0180D ‘Commercial Insurance Program renewal for March 1, 2025-2026, for Property and Casualty risk,’ the parent insurance program that covers Cyber liability that this first amendment to Cyber Response Team and Legal Services Agreement applies.
On August 9, 2021, the County Administrator approved 21-908D ‘Cyber Incident Response Team and Legal Services Agreement’ between the County and Mullen Coughlin, LLC to retain a cyber incident response team and coach as defined in the Chubb Cyber Enterprise Risk Management Policy D95144949.
Fiscal Impact:
Funding will be absorbed by the Risk Fund or by Budgetary Amendment if needed.
Staff Member Responsible:
Jeff Rohrs, Chief Information Officer (CIO), Business Technology Services (BTS)
Valerie Edmons, Insurance Manager, Risk Management, Administrative Services
Keith Bentley Director, Risk Management, Administrative Services
Joe Lauro, Director, Administrative Services
Partners:
N/A
Attachments:
First Amendment
Agreement