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17 <br /> <br />Brenda Bartholomew said she has had some discussions with a state department that <br />does this kind of partnering. She said there is a lot of work to do in this area. <br />Chair Dorosin said the newly proposed compensation program, and efforts to diversify <br />the work force, bring him great hope. <br />Travis Myren resumed the presentation: <br /> <br />• Information Technologies – page 357 <br />o Total expenditure budget - $3,328,135 <br /> Increase of $119,881 Over FY2017-18 <br />o Software Maintenance and Licenses - $114,504 <br /> Funds Maintenance for 116 Software Programs <br />o Transfers Financial Responsibility for the Library Hotspot Program to the <br /> Library <br /> <br />Commissioner Rich asked if there is progress with Information Technology training for <br />staff and security issues. <br />Jim Northup, Information Technology Officer, said at this moment the County has not <br />had any security breaches for at least a couple of years. He said the trend is moving towards <br />“secure the human” trainings, which pays attention to the employee base. He said there is less <br />hacking, and more malware and Orange County is not an attractive target. He said most risk is <br />due to employees clicking on targeted emails, and those emails are designed by other <br />countries, large organizations, criminal organizations, etc. to make it very attractive to click on <br />them. He said his department is conducting mandatory security trainings every 6 months for <br />staff to remind them of these risks, as well as doing fake fishing emails, which can identify any <br />employees or departments that may need extra training. <br />Jim Northrup said a new network engineer came on staff a few months ago, and the <br />operations team is constantly working on security initiatives and appliances. He said the <br />biggest danger is not finding that someone has penetrated the network, but rather that someone <br />is already on the network. <br /> <br />Questions? <br /> <br />CLOSED SESSION: <br /> <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Burroughs, seconded by Commissioner <br />Marcoplos to go into closed session at 9:42 p.m. for the purpose of: <br />To consult with an attorney employed or retained by the public body in order to preserve the <br />attorney-client privilege between the attorney and the public body, which privilege is hereby <br />acknowledged. [N.C.G.S. 143-318.11(a)(3)] <br /> <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> <br />RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION <br /> <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Rich to <br />reconvene into regular session at 10:05 p.m. <br /> <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> <br />ADJOURNMENT <br />