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Item No. 15 <br />TO: Mayor <br />Mayor Pro Tem <br />City Council <br />FROM: Celso Arrieta, IT Manager <br />SUBJECT: Agreement with SpearTip's ShadowSpear Platform <br />DATE: November 13, 2023 <br />BACKGROUND: When the City of Paris experienced a cyber -attack in 2021, Texas Municipal <br />League recommended SpearTip's ShadowSpear Platform to provide cybersecurity. In the fall of <br />2022, the City entered into a one-year agreement with this organization, which concludes <br />November 2023. <br />STATUS OF ISSUE: SpearTip's ShadowSpear Platform is an unparalleled resource that protects <br />against cyber threats and attacks impacting our network. The SaaS (Software as a Service) <br />architecture Platform optimizes visibility without intensive and overbearing resource <br />requirements. <br />With the one-year agreement ending in November of 2023, the City has the option of auto - <br />renewing for one year at the price of $2,700 per month, entering into a two-year agreement for <br />$2,500 per month, or a three-year agreement for $2,375 per month. <br />This service is working very well and is providing the appropriate added protection as expected <br />and staff has no expectation to seek a different vendor for the same or similar service. <br />The specifics for the one, two and three-year agreement are outlined in the following table: <br />1 year _ <br />$ <br />_._. <br />2,700.00 <br />—......A <br />$ <br />32,400.00 <br />,, ,. <br />$ - <br />_........ <br />2 year <br />$ <br />2,500.00 <br />$ <br />30,000 00 <br />$ 2,400 00 <br />3 year <br />$ <br />2,375.00 <br />$ <br />28,500.00 <br />$ 3,900.00 <br />