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A STUDY CALLED The Rhode Island Project concluded that the Rhode Island Public Defender Office is understaffed by an estimated 87 full time equivalent employees. / COURTESY BLUMSHAPIRO

Report: R.I. Public Defender office significantly understaffed

PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Public Defender system currently employs 49 public defenders but its workload requires a 136-person, full-time-equivalent workforce, according to The Rhode...
CYBER SOLUTIONS: Linn Foster Freedman, right, a partner with Robinson+Cole, looks on as Jeff Ziplow, center, ­cybersecurity risk assessment officer with BlumShapiro, answers a question during the PBN Cybersecurity Summit at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick on Oct. 31. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SKORSKI

Panel: Protect data before it is too late

The cybersecurity breach of Equifax this past spring, which unloosed the personal financial and identity information of 145 million Americans, “was a game changer,”...
MAJOR CONCERN: Grafton “Cap” Willey IV, managing director of Providence-based CBIZ Tofias Inc., talks with Tax Manager Suzanne Jalbert. Willey says the threat of cyberattacks is especially concerning to accounting firms because they deal with personal information all the time. / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Accounting firms spending on tech, staff to protect against cyberattacks

Major cyberattacks are habitual reminders to most business owners that cybersecurity is vitally important. The feeling is especially acute among accountants, who often maintain highly...
GREG CABRAL is a Rhode Island managing partner for BlumShapiro, an accounting and business advisory firm. /COURTESY BLUMSHAPIRO

Five Questions With: Greg Cabral

Greg Cabral is a Rhode Island managing partner for BlumShapiro, an accounting and business advisory firm. He talks with Providence Business News about the recent tax-reform...
THE PROP: By integrating work and life, Jessie Kanter finds no trouble making time for her sons, Aaron, 8, and Nathan, 10.

Jessie Kanter, 39 Director — BlumShapiro

Did you select your profession or did it select you? It selected me. I developed an interest in business late in high school and fell...
GREG CABRAL is a Rhode Island managing partner for BlumShapiro, an accounting and business advisory firm. /COURTESY BLUMSHAPIRO

Five Questions With: Greg Cabral

Greg Cabral is a Rhode Island managing partner for BlumShapiro, an accounting and business advisory firm. He talks with Providence Business News about the...
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BankRI finances $4M real estate deal in Cranston

CRANSTON – Bank Rhode Island last month provided $4 million in financing to purchase a three-story office building in Cranston. The loan was supported with...
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