The government of Victoria is aiming to achieve economies of scale in the manner in which it procures cybersecurity solutions and services, through a fresh comprehensive government procurement agreement.
The new cyber security state purchase agreement was revealed by Deputy CISO Shane Moffitt through a post on LinkedIn.
State procurement agreements include a catalog of endorsed technologies and suppliers, with the aim of maximizing the buying power of the state and diminishing risk by negotiating terms and conditions of the contract with the suppliers in advance.
The agreement initially focuses on four primary security sectors: endpoint security, vulnerability oversight, application management, and third-party danger monitoring.
Regarding endpoint security, the approved tech products are from Fortinet, CrowdStrike, and Microsoft; for vulnerability management, Tenable and Qualys are chosen; for application management, Airlock Digital, Ivanti, and VMware are onboard; and for third-party danger monitoring, a solitary solution from CyberGRX has been sanctioned.
Moffitt indicated that establishing a cyber security state purchase agreement had been a “long-standing enthusiastic project.”
“This marks the inaugural agreement of its kind in Australia,” he mentioned.
“I am exceptionally gratified by the team for accomplishing this result.
“After an exceedingly comprehensive screening process, a few technologies and vendors have been chosen to provide services to the Victorian government.
“This amalgamation of tasks will significantly diminish the workload for government entities, hasten the deployment process, and notably lower costs for the Victorian government.”
A representative from the Department of Government Services (DGS) was reached out to by iTnews for supplemental commentary but was unavailable to respond before the publication.
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