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a. Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to execute on behalf of County of Monterey the quote for the VRT subscription Rules License Agreement between the County of Monterey and Sourcefire, Inc. for the period of September 29, 2013 through September 28, 2014 for the yearly provision of a subscription to the Snort application in the total amount of $5,187;
b. Accept non-standard contract provisions as recommended by the Director of Information Technology; and
c. Authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to exercise the renewal options to the Subscription yearly under the same or similar terms.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to execute on behalf of County of Monterey the quote for the VRT subscription Rules License Agreement between the County of Monterey and Sourcefire, Inc. for the period of September 29, 2013 through September 28, 2014 for the yearly provision of a subscription to the Snort application in the total amount of $5,187;
b. Accept non-standard contract provisions as recommended by the Director of Information Technology; and
c. Authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to exercise the renewal options to the Subscription yearly under the same or similar terms.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Snort is a network intrusion prevention and detection system (IDS/IPS) developed by Sourcefire, Inc. Combining the benefits of signature, protocol, and anomaly-based inspection, Snort is the most widely deployed IDS/IPS technology worldwide. Signature based IDS monitor packets in the Network and compares with pre-configured and pre-determined attack patterns known as signatures. To use Snort, you must maintain a current ruleset (set of signatures) in order for Snort to have the latest detection capabilities. Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team (VRT) Rules are the official rules for Snort. The yearly subscription provides real ...
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