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a. Approve the Monterey County Sheriff Office (MCSO) Cyber Security Project to update the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) Livescan devices; and
b. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to amend the Sheriff's Office Fiscal Year 2019-20 Adopted Budget to increase appropriations by $197,170 (001-2300-SHE001-8245-6231-CALID) financed by recognition of revenues from the Homeland Security Grant and Partner Agencies amounting to $162,225 (001-2300-SHE001-8245-5050) and $34,945 (001-2300-SHE001-8245-5855), respectively. (4/5ths vote required).
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Budget Committee:
a. Approve the Monterey County Sheriff Office (MCSO) Cyber Security Project to update the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) Livescan devices; and
b. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to amend the Sheriff's Office Fiscal Year 2019-20 Adopted Budget to increase appropriations by $197,170 (001-2300-SHE001-8245-6231-CALID) financed by recognition of revenues from the Homeland Security Grant and Partner Agencies amounting to $162,225 (001-2300-SHE001-8245-5050) and $34,945 (001-2300-SHE001-8245-5855), respectively. (4/5ths vote required).
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Monterey County Sheriff Office (MCSO) manages the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) Servers and (19) Livescan devices that are distributed throughout the County of Monterey. The Livescan devices are used to submit fingerprint & palm impressions to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for criminal processing or identification of known terrorists, criminals, persons of interest and aliases as well as provide background checks to job applicants. Eighteen (18) out of the nineteen (19) devices are currently running on Windows 7, an operating system that will reach the end of life on January 1, 2020. After this date, these devices will no longer be supported by Microsoft thus exposing the County and the partner Law Enforcement agencies risk to cybersecurity thre...
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