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BRIGHTSTAR Global Solutions Corp., a rebranded lottery subsidiary of International Game Technology PLC, has been informing some former employees that their personal data may have been compromised by a data breach in 2024. Some in Rhode Island are questioning whether companies should be allowed to go so long before sending out notifications. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Data breach victims informed 11 months later; is a loophole in...

Gov. Daniel J. McKee may have proclaimed October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month in Rhode Island – aligning with a nationwide effort to combat the...
Jason Albuquerque

Cyber Sessions: Today’s CEO must master cyber resilience

(Editor’s note: This is the 38th installment of a monthly column on the growing number of cyberthreats facing businesses of all sizes and what...
Nygel Gomes / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

CYBER TRAINING: ‘Hands-on experience [is] invaluable in developing the in-demand skills’

Growing up, Nygel Gomes always felt drawn to the inner workings of technology. In high school, a cyber education program for K-12 students gave...
SPECIALIZED TRAINING: Marianny Rosario, left, and Malcolm Williams, both of Providence, participate in a cyber training class at Rhode Island College’s Institute for Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies, which opened in November 2023 and was supported by $73 million in voter-approved bond funding.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

In cybersecurity: More R.I. jobs than people to fill them

While employers may dream of an experienced, industry-savvy new hire, not all have that luxury – a reality that’s particularly apparent in cybersecurity and...

Axiotrop LLC on the front lines of security

PBN 2025 FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES $250,000 TO $2.5 MILLION 6. Axiotrop LLC CEO (or equivalent): Joe Devine, president 2024 Revenue: $329,755 2022 Revenue: $244,386 Revenue growth: 34.9% LINKING UP with...

Collaboration pays off for IT Support RI

PBN 2025 FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES $2.5 MILLION TO $15 MILLION 4. IT Support RI CEO (or equivalent): Nick Berneld and Paul Riendeau, co-CEOs 2024 Revenue: $5.8 million 2022...

Vertikal6 gets technical with its growth

PBN 2025 FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES $2.5 MILLION TO $15 MILLION 3. Vertikal6 CEO (or equivalent): Rick Norberg 2024 Revenue: $12.5 million 2022 Revenue: $9.7 million Revenue growth: 28.7% RICK NORBERG,...
A THIRD PARTY: HealthSource RI’s website takes prospective customers to another site operated by an outside vendor in which concerns have been raised about privacy law violations, but HSRI says identifiable health information has not been exposed. 
PBN PHOTO

Privacy concerns raised around health exchanges

In today’s hyperconnected world, internet ­users are moving quickly from one website to another with clicks of a mouse. And this can create problems. The state’s...
Jason Albuquerque

Cyber Sessions: Resiliency is a matter of spending smarter

(Editor’s note: This is the 36th installment of a monthly column on the growing number of cyberthreats facing businesses of all sizes and what they can...

Nautic Partners acquires Pa.-based cybersecurity company

PROVIDENCE – Nautic Partners, a Rhode Island-based middle-market private equity firm, has acquired AccessIT Group, a Pennsylvania-based cybersecurity company.  Terms of the deal were not disclosed.  Headquartered...
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