CrowdStrike Falcon software approved for consideration
Madeline Murray
YUMA COUNTY, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – During the Board of Supervisors meeting, they approved for consideration the renewal CrowdStrike Falcon, which has provided Yuma County with advanced threat detection, response, and protection against cyberattacks since 2021.
The renewal cost is $160,108.73, with coverage through August 6, 2026.
The Yuma County Board of Supervisors approved to renew software that uses artificial intelligence to neutralise cyber-threats.
The security needs of Yuma County are focused on prevention, and renewing this new software will help keep online records safe.
Jonathan Lines, Vice Chairman of the Yuma County Board of Supervisors, said, “It’s a threat intelligence based platform that prioritizes, and is able to act swiftly and respond to every single threat almost, in a ground zero setting, immediately as it’s detected.”
The platform Crowdstrike Falcon prioritizes prevention and rapid response to threats.
Lines says it’s important to safeguard the entire system, which includes the Recorder’s Office, elections, and the Assessor’s Office.
“I think it was july last year, there was a breach, but 97% of the effected computers or sensors were back online, I believe, in less than a week,” says Lines.
Lines says this software detects any direct threats, but they still ask everyone to be cautious online explaining, “We still ask people not to click on suspicious links, and all of that, and that is still a threat.”
We also asked the community how they prevent cyber hacks online.
One local, Amanda Sandoval, says in order to prevent online cyber attack, they avoid anything suspicious.
“Don’t open any links. If you see any emails, don’t click on them…you have to read the top of the bar first, if you don’t read that, then it’s easy,” Sandoval expressed.
Once the final details of the budget for the software are approved, they can deploy it.