– Vendor needs to provide managed detection and response (MDR) solution. – Implement a managed detection and response (MDR) solution that will strengthen the County’s existing cybersecurity program. – The Microsoft 365 suite of productivity and security solutions is a key and integral part of all business and security workflows. – Real–time threat detection ability to access and analyze data from multiple systems in real–time, to identify and address threats – 24/7 threat monitoring and alerting for systems, logs, network traffic, applications, and other data sources. – Threat intelligence services, including gathering, analyzing, and disseminating relevant information. – The preferred solution should integrate with the current technology infrastructure wherever feasible, minimizing the need for additional hardware or software components – Security expertise, research and threat intelligence to identify threats, provide guidance on incidents, and assistance hardening digital landscapes. – Provide a cost effective and scalable solution across many various departments and offices as well as protecting a diverse digital landscape. – Highly efficient processes and workflows to significantly improve alert enrichment, false positive alert filtering, and reduced time to remediation of security issues. – A broad visibility across an extensive client base for improved threat intelligence.