City to contract Optiv for 24/7 cybersecurity monitoring; three‑year cost $365,078

Information-technology staff presented a proposed three‑year statement of work with Optiv Security Inc. to provide managed monitoring, detection and response services for the city's network environment.

"The statement of work is for a 3 year term. Cost for the 1st year of services is a $136,986, which is included in the Department of Information Technologies FY26 budget… Total not to exceed cost for the 3 years, overall is $365,078," IT staff said. The assistant director of IT said the service will strengthen threat detection and support timely incident response and that the city segments sensitive systems from non‑sensitive ones; Lakeland Electric retains some segregated systems managed internally.

Staff said procurement was approved through a cooperative purchasing agreement (Omnia Partners) and noted that years two and three are subject to future budget approvals. Questions from commissioners focused on segmentation between city systems and Lakeland Electric and how specialized electric systems are maintained separately.

The agenda study served as a preview; the formal agenda will include the agreement for commission approval and appropriation.