Sent: Thursda March 30, 2017 3:24:25 PM (um-05:00) Eastern Tlme (us ts Canada)
Subject: Secunty Concerns

I have some very real concerns the legmmacy of company regards to lhe secunty needs of lhe Slale
Board ol Electrons Therr core ousmess model ls aflerlng "education" and "remedlallan" sennces to lherr lhree
pnmary markets, msuranoe, nnancral sennoes and employee benefils mdustnes, See below a screenshol ol the
core statement lrom lhe lront page or then own wehsrle. Note the two key sen/toes. "proacllve
educalron and preach remedratron support", Please take a moment lo read at least lhe firsl three paragraphs
lrom the Insurance Journal onlme amcle lrom January 11,

2017. Insurance 

Whlle lhe serwces Cyberscoul offers may he uselul some situations, hope that lhe SEE Board understands
lhal they do nol oller any mlrusron monrlonng sonware or hardware solutrons at all. In lacL they don't oher any
seounly dewces or real-world expenence ol any lype. What lhey ofler ls adwoe and moral support. Perhaps 
ls what the Board leels we need? Although we weren't consulted on maller' lwanl to oul lhal we
have prevlausly recommended one ol a select few companles lhat have years ol real-world data
seounly experlence These companres oller hardware and soltware securlly solutrons such as Web 
Firewalls Penelrallon Teslmg and Securlly Inadenl and Evenl Manager (SIEM) syslems, As you know. I have
been lhe respected and experlenced securlly oompany, Trustwave on the pest
proleclron model lor lhe Voler Database. have worked drreclly lhelr seounly englneers to
crah lwo custom solutron palhs and lhe lor lhose solutrons have been reoewed. Alsn' an eflan to best
use lhe resources prowded hy COT. we have been dlrectly Davld Caner' CISO ol KY. He has
commited to contmumg lo work us to customze a DMZ the new Palo Alto firewall structure. In
summary' whrle we may need and benefil lrom lhe sennoes or a company such as Cyberscoul. wanl to he
perfectly clear thal them no way lulnll lhe actual secunty needs or our syslems and 
no way mmgate our or mlnisron,

Thank you,

Tom Watson and steve Spisak
502 57 100

Senror Software Englneers
Kentucky State Board of Elections

steve Splsak

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