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Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP TS-14-042 and award a contract to Shewak & Lajwanti International, Inc., dba S&L International, of Pasadena, CA, for an internet security solution upgrade in a total amount not to exceed $280,000 for a period of three years. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into an annual contract with S&L International, Inc., for the purchase of a Websense internet security solution upgrade. The contract is for the one-time purchase of hardware, software and implementation services, as well as ongoing software licensing and support for three years.
Websense is a leader in the computer security software industry. It is used by businesses and government institutions to protect their networks from cybercrime, malware, and data theft from external hackers, as well as to prevent internal users from viewing inappropriate content on non-business-related websites. The Technology Services Department (TSD) has used Websense technologies for a number of years as an important part of the security environment and has performed significant work to incorporate our rules into the existing system.
Due to increasingly rich web content and progressively more applications moving to the cloud, TSD has recently expanded the City’s internet bandwidth capacity by tenfold (to 1 gigabit) to accommodate the greater demand. The growing reliance on the internet, coupled with the heightened level of cyber threats has necessitated the need for the City to implement a more robust web security solution. Over the past several months, TSD staff has evaluated alternative security products and determined that upgrading the existing Websense solution would be the most cost effective option for the City. The upgrade will help to protect us against the rising potential of online attacks that result in network disruptions and data loss.
A Request for Proposals (RFP) was issued on April 17 2014, and 1,418 potential proposers...
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