Recommended Links

1. U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)

The Small Business Association offers a self-paced cybersecurity training course that can be highly beneficial to applying cybersecurity best practices to your business. The course outlines cybersecurity threats, risk management, and preventative measures to guard against cybersecurity threats to your small business. Learn more at: https://www.sba.gov/course/cybersecurity-small-businesses/

2. NIST - Small Business Cybersecurity Corner

The National Institute for Science and Technology (NIST) is part of the U. S. Department of Commerce. In August 2014, the NIST was tasked by the federal government to "disseminate guidance to help reduce small business cybersecurity risks," (S.770 -115th Congress). We recommend visiting the NIST's Small Business Cybersecurity Corner to learn more about resources available to small business owners, managers, and IT personnel. Learn more at: https://www.nist.gov/itl/smallbusinesscyber

3. NIST's National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE)

It is often the case that small businesses have a reduced budget for cybersecurity training for their employees. The NIST's NICE Program was established by Presidential Executive Order 13800 in May 2017. NICE offers additional resources, training materials, tutorials, and workshops aimed at helping the U.S. workforce increase cybersecurity skills. Learn more at: https://www.nist.gov/itl/applied-cybersecurity/nice/resources

4. National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) - Stay Safe Online

The National Cyber Security Alliance offers resources to small and medium businesses to gain a better understanding of how to protect your business assets by learning to "stay safe online." The resources are offered in easy webinar formats and will aid you in increasing cybersecurity protections for your business. Programs include helping you identify, protect, detect, respond, and recover from cybersecurity threats. Learn more at: https://staysafeonline.org/cybersecure-business/

5. FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)

The FBI's IC3 provides additional materials that can be highly useful for your small business needs such as information on Internet crime schemes, crime prevention, ransomware brochures, and fraud alerts. If your small business has experienced a cybersecurity related crime you can file a complaint with the Internet Crime Complaint Center. Learn more at: https://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx