Lifespan will pay Providence, R.I., $1.5 million over three years in its first formal payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) agreement. Contributions of $750,000 are due in fiscal years 2025 and 2026. Previously, Lifespan was the city’s only major nonprofit without such an agreement, citing financial pressures, including operating losses and executive position cuts.
Cisco Secure Firewall Vulnerability Exposes Systems to Remote Code Execution by Attackers
Cisco has released critical security updates to address a maximum-severity vulnerability affecting its Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software. Tracked under the identifier CVE-2026-20131, this
