Bristol Bay Borough is executing a multi‑grant cybersecurity program that includes training, planning, and deployment of Microsoft Defender and related tools, as evidenced by the IT report and financial schedules dated through April 30, 2026. The Borough has two State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) awards (22SLCGP‑GY22 and 23SLCGP‑GY23) and a 2025 Emergency Management Performance Grant focused on cyber preparedness. Consultants IVIRY LLC, Resource Data, and Transcend X have been engaged for vendor security tightening, Microsoft Defender implementation, equipment purchases, exercises, and planning. A major tabletop exercise for the Incident Response Plan and Emergency Operations Plan cyber annex was held on April 21, 2026, with good participation and pending final reporting. While initial consulting contracts are underway, the Borough still needs to complete full Defender rollout, standardize firewalls, extend Active Directory, stand up a disaster recovery site, and maintain ongoing cybersecurity training for staff. IT security vendors, managed service providers, and training firms can position for the remaining SLCGP‑funded tasks and future operations support once the grant‑funded implementation is complete.

The Borough has incurred significant planning and exercise costs (over budget relative to a 10,200 a...