When this week’s agenda for Baltimore’s Board of Estimates meeting came out, we were interested to note proposed payments from the City to two cybersecurity companies among the many items up for consideration. So, we followed up to find out more these spending moves. Turns out, they trace back to the 2019 ransomware attack.
On Wednesday, the City’s spending panel approved a final $650,000 payment to California-based cybersecurity firm FireEye for emergency services during the 2019 ransomware attack and mitigation work following the event.
Also approved was $35,000 to Glen Burnie-based Skyline Technology Solutions to cover costs for time when the contractor acted as the city’s Chief Information Security Officer. This was prior to the hiring of current Baltimore CISO Kevin Kearney, city officials said.
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