Board of Estimate & Contract:
RESOLVED, that an Ordinance adopted by the City Council on January 28, 2026, and signed by the Acting Mayor on January 28, 2026, Confirming and Ratifying an Emergency Procurement for Enhanced Email and Identity Threat Detection & Response Services for the City's Microsoft 365 Environment - (total expenditure of $14,880.00 for said services, covering 620 users at $24.00 per user, for the period October 2025 through September 2026, inclusive of a trial month in September 2025. Funds will be used from A1680.216 (Applications and Services); be, and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
AN ORDINANCE CONFIRMING AND RATIFYING
AN EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT FOR ENHANCED
EMAIL PROTECTION AND IDENTITY THREAT
DETECTION & RESPONSE SERVICES FOR THE
CITY'S MICROSOFT 365 ENVIRONMENT
Whereas, in correspondence dated January 14, 2026, the Commissioner of the Department of Management Services formally requested authorization for emergency procurement undertaken by the Office/Department of Management Services in December 2025 for enhanced email protection and identity threat detection and response services for the City's Microsoft 365 environment and the engagement of Hi-Link Technology Group LLC to provide Microsoft 365 Identity and Threat Detection & Response services, including 24x7 SOC monitoring and response support, on a City-wide basis; and
Whereas, the City of Mount Vernon relies on its Microsoft 365 email and identity systems as mission-critical infrastructure used daily by every City department to conduct essential governmental operations; and
Whereas, in or about December 2025, the City experienced active and escalating intrusion attempts into its Microsoft 365 email environment, posing a significant and immediate risk of account compromise, service disruption, and exposure of confidential and sensitive City information; and
Whereas, the threat activity was confirmed by a technology vendor as active and ...
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