REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO
AND RECORD OF ACTION
February 11, 2020
FROM
LARRY AINSWORTH, Interim Chief Information Officer, Information Services Department
SUBJECT
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Master Services Agreement with DigiCert, Inc. for Digital Certificates
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
1. Approve non-financial Master Services Agreement with DigiCert, Inc. for the period of February 11, 2020, through February 10, 2025, for digital certificates.
2. Designate the Chief Information Officer, or their designee, as authorized to act as a Certificate Requester, Certificate Approver, and Contract Signer for Subscriber Agreements and to communicate with DigiCert, Inc. regarding the management of digital certificates.
(Presenter: Jake Cordova, Division Chief, 388-0503)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The Master Services Agreement (MSA) is non-financial in nature; however, after approval, the MSA will be used to accompany future purchases to be approved, as necessary per County Policy 11-04. The cost of ISD's DigiCert, Inc. (DigiCert) digital certificates is included in the Information Services Department (ISD) Computer Operations 2019-20 adopted budget and will be included in future recommended budgets. Operating costs are recovered via service rates approved annually by the Board of Supervisors (Board). ISD manages the purchase of DigiCert digital certificates for all County departments and purchases are paid directly from those County departments' budgets.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
ISD purchases high-assurance digital Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates from DigiCert for the County's websites. These digital certificates are used to establish an encrypted connection between a browser or user's computer and a server or website. The SSL connection protects sensitive data, such as credit card in...
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