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a. Authorize the Chief Information Officer or his designee to execute a Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement with ShareGate software used to secure the County’s Microsoft 365 environment;
b. Authorize the Chief Information Officer to execute future non-disclosure agreements and mutual non-disclosure agreements with existing and potential vendors, subject to County Counsel review, to facilitate work with vendors that requires the County to disclose or receive confidential information about the County’s network and information technology systems.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Authorize the Chief Information Officer or his designee to execute a Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement with ShareGate software used to secure the County’s Microsoft 365 environment;
b. Authorize the Chief Information Officer to execute future non-disclosure agreements and mutual non-disclosure agreements with existing and potential vendors, subject to County Counsel review, to facilitate work with vendors that requires the County to disclose or receive confidential information about the County’s network and information technology systems.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Information Technology Department (ITD) is responsible with protecting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the County’s network and other information technology systems. To effectively explore technological options available to the County and to plan and complete various projects, it is advantageous that ITD release and receive information of a confidential nature of certain vendors.
To address the need for disclosure of confidential systems information in these circumstances,
the Board has approved an ITD created non-disclosure agreements (NDA) and mutual non-disclosure agreement (MNDA) templates. However, there are occasions where the vendor requires their own agreements vetted by their attorneys. The Board has previously reviewed and approved num...
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