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Vertikal6 Vertikal6 is a premier technology partner delivering enterprise-class IT solutions with exceptional ownership and care.

We offer Managed IT Services, Cybersecurity, AI & Automation, Software Development, Web & eCommerce, Digital Marketing & SEO through a unified approach that addresses your complete business technology needs. We transform businesses through our comprehensive process: discovery, planning, ex*****on, empowerment, and continuous optimization. Our team brings enterprise-level expertise to organizations of all sizes, with more ITIL-certified professionals than competitors and experience managing environments from 30 to 5,000 desktops. As a full-service technology partner, we offer managed services, software development, and digital marketing in a unified approach that addresses your complete business technology needs. From strategic road mapping with a 3-year horizon to quarterly reviews using our 175-point best practices assessment, Vertikal6 elevates your technology maturity and transforms IT from a cost center to a strategic advantage.

Protected Health Information doesn't expire the way financial data does. A patient's medical history, diagnoses, and tre...
10/23/2026

Protected Health Information doesn't expire the way financial data does. A patient's medical history, diagnoses, and treatment records are permanent, which is precisely what makes PHI valuable to criminals and to the ransomware operators who hold it hostage.
Healthcare employees at every level handle PHI. Front desk staff process patient registration. Clinical staff access EHRs. Billing staff handle insurance data. Administrators manage vendor relationships that touch patient information. Every one of those roles is a potential target, not because the individual is high-profile, but because the data they access is.
Cybersecurity Awareness Month is the right time to make that explicit across the organization: the training, the phishing simulations, and the security culture conversations should reach clinical and administrative staff equally, because attackers don't distinguish between them.

Vertikal6 Was a Proud Mission Mentor Sponsor of the 2026 Festival of MealsThis week, Vertikal6 was proud to sponsor the ...
10/22/2026

Vertikal6 Was a Proud Mission Mentor Sponsor of the 2026 Festival of Meals

This week, Vertikal6 was proud to sponsor the 2026 Festival of Meals Luncheon as a Mission Mentor sponsor, benefiting Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island.

Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island does so much more than deliver meals. They deliver connection, making sure Rhode Islanders get both a healthy weekday meal and a friendly face. We're honored to help support that mission.

Thank you to everyone who came out to Warwick to support this important cause!

Every October I watch organizations do the same thing.They send the email. They post the poster. They schedule the train...
10/21/2026

Every October I watch organizations do the same thing.
They send the email. They post the poster. They schedule the training module that's been in the LMS since 2019. And then they check the box that says "cybersecurity awareness" happened.
Here's the thing: awareness is the starting line, not the finish line. The employee who read the phishing awareness email and then clicked a phishing link three days later wasn't unaware. They just hadn't practiced recognizing phishing under conditions that feel anything like the real thing.
The organizations I've seen actually move the needle during October are the ones running simulations, not sending newsletters. They're the ones where leadership is visibly participating, not just signing off on a communications plan. They're the ones where reporting a suspicious email gets a thank-you, not silence.
Cybersecurity Awareness Month should produce measurable behavior change. If you can't measure it, something went wrong before it ended.
If you want to build an October campaign that actually works — for healthcare, for manufacturing, for both — that's what ADVANTAGE is here for.
Talk to an ADVANTAGE Advisor: https://hubs.la/Q04BdD7v0

When a vulnerability is publicly disclosed, the clock starts for both sides: security teams race to patch, and attackers...
10/19/2026

When a vulnerability is publicly disclosed, the clock starts for both sides: security teams race to patch, and attackers race to exploit before patching happens. In most environments, the attackers win that race more often than they should.
Patch management is one of CISA's four core Cybersecurity Awareness Month themes. Not because it's glamorous, but because unpatched systems with known, publicly disclosed vulnerabilities remain one of the most consistently exploited attack vectors across industries.
In manufacturing, the challenge is structural: OT systems can't be patched on a standard IT schedule, and compensating controls have to cover the gap. In healthcare, legacy clinical systems and medical devices carry the same constraint. In both environments, the answer starts with knowing exactly what's running, what's unpatched, and what compensating controls are actively in place.
You can't patch what you haven't inventoried.

MFA blocks the overwhelming majority of automated credential-based attacks. Strong passwords — unique, complex, managed ...
10/16/2026

MFA blocks the overwhelming majority of automated credential-based attacks. Strong passwords — unique, complex, managed through a password manager — eliminate the credential reuse that makes a breach at one site into a breach at every site.
Together, they address the most common initial access vector in breaches across every industry. Separately, each one still leaves a gap. An account with a strong password and no MFA is vulnerable to credential theft. An account with MFA and a weak or reused password is vulnerable to the compromise that makes the credential available to steal.
The question isn't whether your organization has a password policy. It's whether that policy is enforced, whether MFA is deployed across all systems that matter, and whether anyone has verified recently that both are functioning as intended.
Cybersecurity Awareness Month is a good time to check.

It's Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which means it's a good time to revisit the attack vector that hasn't changed at the...
10/15/2026

It's Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which means it's a good time to revisit the attack vector that hasn't changed at the top of the list in years: phishing.
Not because it's the most sophisticated attack. Because it works. Consistently, across industries, at organizations with mature security programs and those without.
Phishing works because it's designed to work under the conditions people actually operate in: time pressure, high volume of legitimate email, requests that fit normal workflows, and senders who look trustworthy. The simulated phishing email that catches an employee isn't catching someone who wasn't paying attention. It's catching someone who was paying attention to everything else.
The defense is specific and practiced: know what phishing looks like in your environment, know how to report it, and make reporting the default response to anything that looks even slightly off. False alarms are welcome. Missed attacks are not.

We hope you learned something at PBN’s 2026 Cybersecurity and AI Summit this morning!Thank you to Providence Business Ne...
10/08/2026

We hope you learned something at PBN’s 2026 Cybersecurity and AI Summit this morning!

Thank you to Providence Business News for having us! It was great to have our CEO, Rick Norberg on the panel “Cybersecurity: Safeguarding Your Organization in the Age of AI.” Thanks again to Normand Duquette for leading an interesting discussion and to fellow panelists for their insights.

We talked about where AI adds risk and where it strengthens defenses, what everyday AI use means for security, and how to build resilience so a single incident doesn’t become a business crisis.

We appreciate everyone who came out and brought great questions. Let's keep the conversation going!

We're proud to be participating in the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island's 2026 Vendor Inclusion Showcase during ...
09/29/2026

We're proud to be participating in the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island's 2026 Vendor Inclusion Showcase during Supplier Engagement & Innovation Week! 💙

Brian Trahan and Jim McAssey are at our booth in Providence today, talking with attendees about how organizations can adopt AI with confidence. We help teams put the right governance in place so AI stays secure, compliant, and aligned with business goals, backed by our managed IT, cybersecurity, and cloud solutions.

Thank you to BCBSRI and the Supplier Engagement & Innovation team for championing local businesses and supplier inclusion.

🎉 Big news! Last night, Vertikal6 was awarded PBN's #1 Fastest Growing Company in the $15–50M category! We knew we were...
09/18/2026

🎉 Big news! Last night, Vertikal6 was awarded PBN's #1 Fastest Growing Company in the $15–50M category! We knew we were in the top 5, but landing at the very top was a whole different feeling.

This honor belongs to every single person on our team. Growth like this doesn't happen by accident — it's the result of long hours, hard problems solved, the extra effort put in for clients, and the way this team shows up for each other every single day.

Leadership has watched this group tackle challenges with skill and grit, and this award is proof of how that adds up.

To the entire Vertikal6 team: thank you. Your dedication doesn't go unnoticed, and everyone knows exactly how much hard work sits behind a milestone like this. We are so proud and excited for what comes next!

The five CMMC domains where mid-market manufacturers most often have gaps.Gap assessments across manufacturing organizat...
09/18/2026

The five CMMC domains where mid-market manufacturers most often have gaps.

Gap assessments across manufacturing organizations consistently surface the same problem areas: access control, incident response, audit and accountability, configuration management, and risk assessment.

These aren't obscure requirements. They're foundational security practices that many manufacturers have addressed informally, but haven't documented, tested, or formalized to the level CMMC assessors require.

Access control gaps include over-provisioned accounts, missing MFA on remote access, and vendor credentials that were never deactivated. Incident response gaps usually mean an undocumented or untested plan. Audit and accountability gaps mean logging infrastructure that doesn't meet CMMC's specific requirements for what gets captured and reviewed.

Knowing where your gaps are before the assessor does is the entire point of a readiness program.

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