Applied Technology Group, LLC

10/15/2026

𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑!!

Today is 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫! And we know attackers don't need to physically enter a treatment facility to threaten its operations. Unauthorized access to connected control systems can lead to disrupted treatment processes, disabled pumps, compromised monitoring, and interrupted water service.

We See It Daily!

Imagine hospitals without reliable water. Firefighters facing inadequate water pressure. Families turning on their faucets and getting nothing. Businesses and entire communities facing the consequences of a cyberattack they never saw coming.

As we recognize Imagine a Day Without Water, we're calling attention to an increasingly important responsibility: ensuring that cybersecurity protections extend all the way into the operational technology keeping our water systems running.

Because a day without water shouldn't become a reality because of one compromised password.

10/14/2026

At today’s Mississippi Hospital Association (MHA) Healthcare Cyber Defense Summit, healthcare leaders and cybersecurity professionals are coming together to address an increasingly critical responsibility: protecting hospital systems, safeguarding patient information, and ensuring continuity of care when cyberattacks threaten healthcare operations.

The urgency is real. A new 2026 Proofpoint–Ponemon Institute study found that 𝟕𝟒% 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞. Cybersecurity is no longer a conversation confined to protecting sensitive information. It is fundamental to patient safety, operational resilience, and the ability to deliver reliable healthcare.

We’re proud to join the Mississippi Hospital Association for this important event, with ATG CEO Shane Adams speaking during the 2:00 PM remarks. As one of today's sponsor, ATG is pleased to support the conversations, collaboration, and shared commitment to strengthening cybersecurity across Mississippi's healthcare community.

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞? 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐓𝐆 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐜𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

𝐄𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐀𝐓𝐆 𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨@𝐚𝐭𝐠𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬.𝐜𝐨𝐦

10/13/2026

LAST CHANCE TO SECURE YOUR SPOT FOR OCTOBER 15TH TTX IN JACKSON.

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10/12/2026

REMINDER!!

On October 15, the Association for Technology Professionals, Jackson Chapter is hosting Zero Hour: Cybersecurity Incident, an interactive tabletop drill built around real-world response, communication, and decision-making.

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Applied Technology Group will be helping lead the cybersecurity tabletop portion of the event, giving participants the opportunity to work through a realistic incident and pressure-test how their teams would respond.

This is a strong opportunity for IT, cybersecurity, operations, leadership, and critical infrastructure professionals to move beyond awareness and into actual preparedness.

Registration is free.
Join us in Pearl, Mississippi on October 15.

10/06/2026

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, but awareness only matters if organizations are prepared to respond when something actually happens!!

On October 15, the Association for Technology Professionals, Jackson Chapter is hosting Zero Hour: Cybersecurity Incident, an interactive tabletop drill built around real-world response, communication, and decision-making.

Applied Technology Group will be helping lead the cybersecurity tabletop portion of the event, giving participants the opportunity to work through a realistic incident and pressure-test how their teams would respond.

This is a strong opportunity for IT, cybersecurity, operations, leadership, and critical infrastructure professionals to move beyond awareness and into actual preparedness.

Registration is free.
Join us in Pearl, Mississippi on October 15.

10/05/2026

It is with great honor that we congratulate Greg Mallette and Shane Adams for receiving the Public/Private Partnership Award from the InfraGard National Awards Program during the 2026 InfraGard National Awards Program Ceremony in Chicago last week!

The InfraGard National Awards Program is a time-honored annual tradition that recognizes the talent and accomplishments of InfraGard members and partners. It is an opportunity to acknowledge individuals who are helping to advance the mission and achieve excellence within their programs and communities.

The Public/Private Partnership Award acknowledges an InfraGard member and a public-sector partner who forged a partnership to protect U.S. critical infrastructure.

This award recognizes the work Greg Mallette, of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Security Agency, and Shane Adams have done through the InfraGard Mississippi Members Alliance. Since 2024 they have taken that work to the Mississippi Rural Water Association, the Mississippi Municipal League, and the Mississippi Association of Supervisors. From June 2025 through January 2026 it became Cybersecurity Performance Goal Assessments for Critical Infrastructure Organizations serving about 379,312 people, most of them municipalities, counties, and water systems.

Congratulations on such an incredible accomplishment! The team looks forward to keeping your calendars fully packed with the upcoming assessments! Let’s finish 2026 out strong!!

09/24/2026

Today Huntsville, at the National Cyber Summit!
Tomorrow Biloxi, to speak at MSTUG!
And then onto Chicago!

Who says 2026 is slowing down!!

09/11/2026

09/04/2026

September is National Preparedness Month! And Cybersecurity is ON REVIEW!
𝘿𝙊 𝙉𝙊𝙏 𝙒𝘼𝙄𝙏 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝘼𝙉 𝘼𝙏𝙏𝘼𝘾𝙆 𝙏𝙊 𝙎𝙃𝙊𝙒 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙒𝙃𝙀𝙍𝙀 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝘼𝙍𝙀 𝙑𝙐𝙇𝙉𝙀𝙍𝘼𝘽𝙇𝙀

For the past two days, Shane Adams of Applied Technology Group has participated in CISA’s Cyber Storm X as a Mississippi-based cybersecurity expert for critical infrastructure. Cyber Storm is designed to put real-world cyber response, coordination, decision-making, communication, and recovery plans under pressure, because a plan that looks good on paper still has to work when an incident is moving fast.

One of the most valuable parts of any exercise is what happens when something DOESN’T work exactly as expected.

• Processes break down.
• Ownership/Responsibility is unclear.
• Vulnerability surfaces.
• Critical control missing.

Those discoveries are not failures. They are exactly why organizations exercise in the first place, because once a gap is identified, it can be corrected before a real attacks gets the opportunity to exploit it.

Cyberattack attempts continue to put water systems, utilities, municipalities, healthcare organizations, operational technology environments, and other essential services in the crosshairs. Many of these organizations are also operating with smaller teams, limited cybersecurity resources, aging technology, and environments that have changed significantly since their last formal review.
September is National Preparedness Month, and there could not be a better time to take a hard look at your own cybersecurity readiness. CISA’s Cybersecurity Performance Goals provide critical infrastructure organizations with a practical baseline for identifying high-impact cybersecurity protections, measuring where they stand, and determining where improvements should be prioritized.

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗮 𝘃𝘂𝗹𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿.

𝗔𝗧𝗚 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀. 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿’𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆.