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Hackers targeting municipalities, states

A recent cybertheft of $4.2 million from the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System and resulting FBI probe has the attention of Rhode Island and...
Cortney Nicolato returned to her native Rhode Island last fall to lead United Way. Cultivating strategic partnerships is a theme of her career and a guiding force today as she leads work that changes lives and strengthens the community – work that calls for putting individual agendas aside to solve large-scale problems. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

United, Rhode Island wins

Cortney Nicolato | United Way of Rhode Island CEO and president What I love most about our state and the people in it: Rhode Islanders...
NEW MARKET: Hassan Namat-Ullah is a co-owner of the new University Mart on Empire Street in Providence. The market features snack foods, bottled soda, milk and some perishables, as well as CBD products and a Bitcoin machine.
 / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Market aims to connect with campus

A FRESH LOOK along with a fresh cup of coffee is what’s in store at University Mart. The independently owned convenience store had a...
LEGAL EAGLE: James A. Ruggieri, managing partner at Higgins, Cavanaugh & Cooney, speaks with assistant Lisa ­Hennessey at the law firm’s Providence office.
 / PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

Courting clients beyond R.I.

IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, Higgins, Cavanagh & Cooney LLP has broadened its base from Rhode Island to two adjoining states. The firm, which is...
CULTURE CONSULTANT: Stephanie Chamberlin specializes in talent recruitment, retention and workplace culture issues for smaller- to medium-sized companies that don’t have their own human resources ­department.  
 / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

She’s versed at easing clients’ HR pain points

Stephanie Chamberlin’s strengths lie in recruiting talent, keeping talent and building cultures for companies via her Providence-based talent acquisition and human-resources consulting group, PINCH...

Lists: Chief Security Officers

Total number of local IT staff: 5,667 FOOTNOTES 1. Information technology workers are those persons engaged primarily in the conception, design, development, adaptation, implementation, deployment, training,...
FOUNDING MEMBER: Esta Cohen, center, a founding member of the Dress for Success Providence board of directors, receives her 2019 Myra Kraft Community MVP Award. Pictured with Cohen are New England Patriots Foundation Executive Director of Community Affairs Andre Tippett, left, and New England Patriots Chairman and CEO Robert Kraft.
 / COURTESY ERIC J. ADLER

Cohen named 2019 Myra Kraft Community MVP Award winner

ESTA COHEN, an East Greenwich resident who is a founding member of the Dress for Success Providence board of directors, was recently named among...

You can handle the truth!

Charles finally made partner and propped his feet on the desk in his new corner office. He was dreaming of all the perks that...

Crockett & Jones smart choice in footwear

Crockett & Jones, an extraordinary British shoe company, has cemented its name in the luxury market as one of the finest footwear companies in...
OPENING FOR HACKERS? The R.I. Board of Elections is studying whether modems added to voting machines in 2016 now represent a cybersecurity risk because they transmit encrypted data over the internet. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

As hackers advance, government, businesses must stay step ahead

In the ever-evolving world of cybersecurity, technological upgrades can quickly become outdated. And no government or business can afford to think they are too...
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