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Eliminate loophole on data breaches

When to notify employees and the general public about data breaches has long been a sensitive topic for employers. They rightly note that their...
PROCEED WITH CAUTION: David Phillips, far left, OSHEAN Inc. chief information security officer, talks about cybersecurity in the age of artificial intelligence at Providence Business News’ Cybersecurity, AI & Tech Summit on Oct. 9. Also on the panel are, from left, Rick Norberg, Vertikal6 Inc. CEO, and Douglas Alexander, director of the Institute for Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies at Rhode Island College. Normand Duquette, standing, senior vice president at Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc., moderates. 
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PBN summit: Tech evolution brings ‘promise, danger, uncertainty’

In recent years, observers have cautioned that cyberattacks are becoming not only more frequent but more complex. And that was before the explosive popularity...
TRAINING GROUND: Douglas S. Alexander, director of the Institute for Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies at Rhode Island College, speaks with RIC senior Miled Kalbourji in the institute’s new cyber range classroom.
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‘Cyber range’ now putting trainees under the gun

A highly anticipated, crucial feature at Rhode Island College’s Institute for Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies is now up and running. The so-called “cyber range,” a...
UNITED NATURAL Foods Inc., a Providence-based wholesale food distributor that supplies Whole Foods and other grocers, says it's working to restore its online ordering and receiving capabilities following a reecent cyberattack. / COURTESY UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC

Stores see supply disruptions following cyberattack at UNFI 

NEW YORK – A string of recent cyberattacks and data breaches involving the systems of major retailers, including United Natural Foods Inc. in Providence,...
Jason Albuquerque

Cyber Sessions: In world of complexity, go back to the basics

(Editor’s note: This is the 34th installment of a monthly column on the growing number of cyberthreats facing businesses of all sizes and what they can...
Jason Albuquerque

Cyber Sessions: Time for radical shift in awareness training

(Editor’s note: This is the 12th installment of a monthly column on the growing number of cyberthreats facing businesses of all sizes and what...

Staying cyber secure

Has your company sustained a cyber intrusion within the past year? No: 83.3% Yes: 16.7% Have such intrusions or more damaging cyberattacks hurt your operations? Our computer system...

The World is Getting Sick of Cyberattacks

With the pandemic entering its second year, humankind needs everything to go right with the deployment of vaccines to help us limit the damage...

Health care sector sees new wave of attacks

Care New England Health System has recovered from a cyberattack that knocked out its website, email and other internal systems for a week late...

Interaction, reaction focus of Naval war games

NEWPORT – More than 70 members of academia, the student body and military attended the U.S. Naval War College’s war game in November, the...
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