Marin County Grand Jury
• 2024-2025
• Agency Response
Response to:
Cyberattacks: A Growing Threat to Marin Government
Town of San Anselmo[PDF]*
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Findings and Recommendations 6 findings
F1
Contracts for Information Technology, Information Systems, and Cybersecurity services between third-party providers and Marin County governmental agencies should contain a Business Continuity clause, or other language, protecting that agency from a sudden cessation of services provided by the third-party provider. Response: Agree.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
Marin agencies should require a current (executed within the last five years), competitively-bid, written contract which includes business continuity language for any third-party Information Technology services they use. Response: This recommendation has not yet been implemented, but will be implemented by the start of the 2025-2026 fiscal year.
F2
Marin County municipalities should have current, written contracts with third-party providers of Information Technology, Information Systems, and Cybersecurity services, and should not continue to use those providers' services without a current contract. Response: Agree.
No recommendations for this finding
F3
Membership in insurance risk pools provides the benefits of cybersecurity assessments and audits, which highlight cybersecurity deficiencies and make suggestions for improvement. Response: Agree.
No recommendations for this finding
F4
Having a completed, adopted and regularly updated cybersecurity plan helps ensure that all staff within a government agency are working together to optimize that organization's cyber preparedness and security. Response: Agree.
No recommendations for this finding
F5
Joint Powers Authorities in Marin County exist to provide more efficient and cost- effective services to the people of Marin. Response: Agree.
No recommendations for this finding
F6
The current County Collective Bargaining Agreements prevent the Marin County Department of Information Systems & Technology from unilaterally negotiating managed service agreements (outsourcing work to third parties). Response: Partially Disagree The Town is not informed regarding the Marin County Bargaining Agreements' implications on the Department of Information Systems and Technology and there refrains from endorsing this finding. We disagree partially with the finding based on it being outside the purview of the Town of San Anselmo. Item 1.6 - ATTACHMENT 3 Town of San Anselmo Response to Grand Jury Report Cyber Preparedness: Are we There Yet?
Related Recommendations (1)
R6
All Marin municipalities should: a) take all steps necessary to acquire an appropriate .gov or .ca.gov domain; b) formulate and adopt a plan for rolling out a .gov or .ca.gov website and emails by the start of the 2025-2026 Fiscal Year. Response: This recommendation has not yet been implemented, but will be implemented by the start of the 2025-2026 fiscal year. .
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