Brazos County commission approves a cybersecurity protection agreement with Texas A&M

This podcast contains comments from the October 28, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting.Brazos County commissioners approve a cybersecurity protection agreement with Texas A&M.Click HERE to read and download the agreement that was approved at the October 28, 2025 Brazos County commission meeting.The county's chief information security officer was asked how the contract to protect 1,000 computers would work when the county has almost 1,100 hundred machines. Kevin Joiner says the contract involves the number of employees who use computers and not the number of devices, as he and other employees have more than one device.Another commission question was about protecting election data. Joiner said the contract includes computer servers that store election data. But election equipment where votes are cast and tabulated are never connected to the internet.The county contract follows A&M entering a cybersecurity agreement with College Station ISD in July.