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Kittitas County <br />Board of County Commissioners <br /> <br />county network. Providing elevated privileges to an employee outside of <br />the IT Director’s authority would mean the IT Director no longer would <br />have authority over that which he is responsible. <br /> <br />The Sheriff’s request is for “industry-standard Tier 2 access” but there is <br />no such industry defined access for non-IT employees. Industry standard <br />is to provide privilege access only to IT staff. <br /> <br />Additionally, all industry standards refer to the “principal of least <br />privilege” to maintain basic security. This principal means each person <br />gets only the minimum necessary privileges to complete their job. The <br />LET duties of Tier 1 support and Sheriff only technology are being met <br />with current privileges. <br /> <br />County policy, as recommended by the IT Committee and adopted by <br />the Board, specifically states “7.4.14 Network Equipment - Only IT shall <br />access, modify, configure, or physically alter network equipment, e.g., <br />switches, access points, etc.” <br /> <br />Effect on IT and other Offices <br /> <br />IT also has concerns that if the responsibilities of the LET are increased to <br />include Tier 2 support, the LET would not have sufficient time for Tier 1 <br />support, and there will be a need for another LET position in the Sheriff’s <br />Office, or Tier 1 support will be moved back to IT. And other elected <br />officials and department heads will request similar privileges. <br />Financial Impact: Recommendation 1 - Providing elevated privilege access for the Sheriff’s <br />LET position to systems that are used only by the Sheriff’s office, e.g., <br />body-worn camera, surveillance, body scanner, and fingerprinting <br />No financial impact. <br /> <br />Recommendation 2 - Network and enterprise systems access continue to <br />be administered by the IT Department <br />No financial impact. <br /> <br />Recommendation 3 - IT hire an Operations Administrator to reduce the <br />backlog and increase the responsiveness of the Operations division <br />Approximately $130,000. <br />Interaction: IT Committee, April 12, 2022. The IT Committee forwarded a favorable <br />recommendation for the board to approve the recommendations. <br />Handling: None. <br />Attachments: Letter from Sheriff Myers dated Marcy 31, 2022. <br />