FTC Offers Small Businesses Free Cybersecurity Resources

Cybersecurity for Small Businesses campaign kicks off.

The Federal Trade Commissions (FTC) newly launched national initiative to educate small business owners about cybersecurity threats and defenses began with a listening tour last year.
What it learned became the foundation for the agencys new Cybersecurity for Small Business website and related resources, which draw from a dozen different security topics FTC officials gathered from its discussions with small and midsize business (SMB) owners nationwide, said Jon Miller Steiger, director of the FTCs East Central Region, who spoke at the
2018 Cyber Security Conference
for small businesses in Charlottesville, Va., earlier this week.
Among their hot-button concerns, Steiger said, are their ability to train employees properly for security awareness, cyberthreats, and human error leading to a cyberattack. They want to get one unified message from the federal government on cybersecurity as well, he said.
The
new website
, created in cooperation with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the Small Business Administration (SBA), was officially launched on Oct. 18. It includes cybersecurity basics and best practices including the
NIST cybersecurity framework for SMBs
, and covers security threats, such as phishing, ransomware, email spoofing, and tech support scams.
The FTC site also includes free resources, such as quizzes and educational videos. See the new FTC program site
here
.

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