Specifications include, but are not limited to: procure ZScaler Hosted Web Security Services pursuant to its discretionary purchasing authority under State Finance Law §163(6). This procurement opportunity is limited to New York State small businesses certified as Minority or Women Owned Businesses pursuant to Article 15-A or small businesses certified as ServiceDisabled Veteran Owned Businesses pursuant to Article 17-B of the New York State Executive Law. The value of the resulting contract from this procurement will not exceed $500,000. This Software-as-a-Service provides granular content filtering and malware scrubbing for NYSIF web access. This is required to keep unacceptable content out of the workplace environment as well as counter the many risks of hacking on the Internet. The service runs off premises in multiple redundant datacenters for reliability. It scans many types of encrypted ("https") content as well as plain text websites, to improve the capture of malicious software. If this subscription is not renewed, ITS will be lacking means to secure web browsing, much of which is essential to conducting daily business. Without filtering, larger numbers of desktop computers would likely become compromised by hacking, potentially leading to huge losses for the business, in addition to lawsuits for inappropriate content in the workplace.
