Tax Dollars At Work: FTC and US-CERT Resources for SMBs

US-CERT sent an announcement on May 9th about new resources for small and medium size business owners and managers.  Protecting Small Businesses can be found on the FTC website.  It includes information about:

  • Protecting your business from scams
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data breach response
  • Protecting personal information

There are also helpful videos about:

  • Building security into software development
  • Controlling access to data
  • Defending against ransomware
  • Fraud
  • Data breach response.

There is also a section of actual FTC cases.  I would recommend taking a look at this site, as we have just covered the highlights that apply to cybersecurity.  There are other financial and general business resources as well.

Moving to US-CERT, they are offering Resources for Small and Midsize Businesses (SMB).  This features:

  • C3 Voluntary Program SMB Toolkit
  • Stop Think Connect Toolkit
  • SBA Training information
  • Federal Small Biz Cyber Planner
  • Small Business, Big Threat risk assessment tool
  • Internet Essentials for Business
  • and other resources

These resources are tax supported, and since you have paid for them, you ought to take advantage of them.  Creating a cybersecurity program can be a daunting project, but these sites should make it easier to get started.

 

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I am a cybersecurity and IT instructor, cybersecurity analyst, pen-tester, trainer, and speaker. I am an owner of the WyzCo Group Inc. In addition to consulting on security products and services, I also conduct security audits, compliance audits, vulnerability assessments and penetration tests. I also teach Cybersecurity Awareness Training classes. I work as an information technology and cybersecurity instructor for several training and certification organizations. I have worked in corporate, military, government, and workforce development training environments I am a frequent speaker at professional conferences such as the Minnesota Bloggers Conference, Secure360 Security Conference in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, the (ISC)2 World Congress 2016, and the ISSA International Conference 2017, and many local community organizations, including Chambers of Commerce, SCORE, and several school districts. I have been blogging on cybersecurity since 2006 at http://wyzguyscybersecurity.com

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