High PriorityPublic Safetyopen
Cybersecurity preparedness and grants
Summary
Councilors Peterson and Goncalves asked about protections after the 2024 PPSD data breach. IT reported a $141,000 state cybersecurity grant for penetration testing and on-call breach response vendors, and clarified IT does not run school IT.
At a glance
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Last discussed May 26, 2026.
Impact analysis
💰Financial impact
$141,000 in state cybersecurity grant funding supports testing and response contracts.
✅Who benefits
Residents whose personal data sits in city systems benefit from hardened network security.
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