Cengage Group has acquired a Madison-based company called Infosec for $191 million after founder Jack Koziol launched it 18 years ago with just $5,000. “At Infosec, we believe that everybody in the world needs cybersecurity education — whether you’re a grade school kid learning online for the first time or if you’re a Fortune 500 CEO,” Koziol said yesterday during an interview. “Our mission has been to equip and train people and help them understand the best way to defend against cyberattacks.” The acquisition by the Boston-based global education technology company was recently completed after an initial announcement at the

Racial disparities in homeownership are larger in Wisconsin than nationwide and have worsened over the past decade, a recent Wisconsin Policy Forum report shows.  The report found this trend exists in the state’s five most populous cities — Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Kenosha and Racine — as well as statewide. It focuses on homeownership rates for white, Black and Hispanic residents, noting 74 percent of Black state residents and 44 percent of Hispanic residents live in one of those five cities.  In 2019, the owner-occupancy rate for white Wisconsinites was 72 percent, compared to 40.9 percent for Hispanic residents and