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a. Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to execute an Agreement with PhoneFactor, Inc. in the amount of $18,495 for the period of May 15, 2013 through June 30, 2014 for the provision of enterprise software subscription, maintenance/support for the PhoneFactor application which provides secure pins for remote network access by authorized County employees;
b. Accept non-standard contract provisions as recommended by the Director of Information Technology; and
c. Authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to sign renewals to the software subscription and maintenance/support for up to three additional one year term with the same non-standard contract provisions and where the renewal cost does not exceed in excess of 10% of the yearly cost.
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RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer execute an Agreement with PhoneFactor, Inc. in the amount of $18,495 for the period of May 15, 2013 through June 30, 2014 for the provision of enterprise software subscription, maintenance/support for the PhoneFactor application which provides secure pins for remote network access by authorized County employees;
b. Accept non-standard contract provisions as recommended by the Director of Information Technology; and
c. Authorize the Contracts/Purchasing Officer to sign renewals to the software subscription and maintenance/support for up to three additional one year term with the same non-standard contract provisions and where the renewal cost does not exceed in excess of 10% of the yearly cost.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Information Technology Department manages the tools needed for remote access to the County network by County employees while factoring in the critical concept of network security across all platforms of network access. The current method of accessing the County network remotely is with a token which generates a unique one-time passcode for ...
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