Celestar sold to Virginia defense firm B&A
B&A acquired Celestar, expanding intelligence capabilities across defense and national security markets.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity plays a critical role in protecting businesses, infrastructure and data across Tampa Bay. Here, you’ll find reporting on the people, threats and technologies shaping security and resilience in the region.
Holiday scams are surging. Here’s how to stay safe this season
The holiday season is here. It’s a time for celebrations, gift giving and year-end deadlines. While you’re juggling office events and covering for colleagues on long vacations, fraudsters are busy too. This is the moment they hope you’re tired, distracted or moving too fast to notice something is off. A holiday scam scenario: when caution … Read more
How a Tampa Bay insurer is closing the AI coverage gap
Tampa Bay’s ME Wilson explains how outdated insurance leaves leaders exposed — and what it takes to close the Executive Risk Gap.
One Liners Polk: Publix and Florida Polytechnic
► Florida Polytechnic University has been ranked the no. 1 most affordable cybersecurity bachelor’s degree program, in the country, for 2024. ► The Polk County Board of County Commissioners hosted a historical marker unveiling and dedication ceremony, at Shady Oaks Gardens Cemetery, in Bartow, which functions as a final resting place for Polk County’s deceased … Read more
One Liners Sarasota and Manatee: Sixwatch, Shumaker and more
► Rosewood Residences Lido Key, Rosewood Hotels and Resorts’ first exclusively residential offering, released a rendering that reveals its exterior design. (Rendering above) ► Sixwatch, a cybersecurity and IT services firm, acquired Sarasota Support, a boutique technology support organization. ► Willis Smith Construction in Sarasota promoted F. John LaCivita from executive vice president to president … Read more
One Liners Hillsborough: ReliaQuest, American Landmark and more
► Current Rocky Point, a special-purpose entity affiliated with Tampa-based Caspers Co., has purchased The Current hotel, an Autograph Collection property by Marriott, at 2545 N. Rocky Point Dr., Tampa, for $85 million. ► Fast co-founder and chief executive officer Domm Holland, joined the Tampa Bay Economic Development Council as an executive committee member and … Read more
One Liners Hillsborough: Saint Leo University, Sprouts Farmers Market and more
► Saint Leo University is relocating its Tampa Education Center to the former Berriman-Morgan Cigar Factory at 1403 N. Howard Ave., Tampa. (Pictured above) ► Metropolitan Ministries and Pinellas County Urban League have been named as the 2020 Bank of America Neighborhood Builders awardees for Tampa Bay, each receiving a $200,000 grant, leadership training and … Read more