Cybersecurity for Small and Medium Businesses: Essential Training

Cybersecurity for Small and Medium Businesses: Essential Training

1h 30mBeginner2022-12-09

Authors

Kristin Judge

Kristin Judge

CEO and President of Cybercrime Support Network

Course details

As the owner of a small or medium business, you're probably aware that cybersecurity threats are on the rise. Learning which issues to watch out for—and how to best respond to threats—can help you keep your business safe. In this course, instructor Kristin Judge provides business owners and their staff with the foundational knowledge they need to secure their data and online accounts. Using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework—an international standard created by the National Institute of Standards and Technology—Kristin takes you through a five-step process that can help you better secure your business.

Learning objectives
Physical security vs. cybersecurity
Identifying what you have that's valuable to others
Protecting valuable data and accounts
Detecting a breach
Responding to an incident in an efficient manner
Recovering from a breach
Technology checklists for small and medium businesses

Skills covered

Incident ResponseEssential TrainingCybersecurity

Concepts

Introduction

  • Securing your business

Overview

  • Why you should care
  • Physical security vs. cybersecurity
  • Anyone can improve the cybersecurity of their business
  • What are the cybersecurity threat actions facing businesses
  • What are the cybersecurity threats
  • A five-step process to improve cybersecurity

Identify

  • Step 1 - Identify key assets
  • Inventory sheet - Data and devices
  • Account access best practices
  • What about the cloud

Protect

  • Step 2 - Protect data and accounts
  • Humans - Education and awareness is essential
  • Sharing online - How to prevent a phish
  • Technology solutions to protect a business
  • Passphrases and authentication
  • Culture of security - Policies, procedures, and attitude

Detect

  • Step 3 - Detect a breach
  • Detecting a compromise - The human element
  • Cybersecurity assessments and detection technology solutions

Respond

  • Step 4 - Respond to a cyberbreach
  • Cybersecurity response plans for business
  • Key elements of a cyber incident response
  • Federal government response, support, and guidance
  • State breach response laws

Recover

  • Step 5 - How to recover from a cyberincident
  • Cybersecurity insurance
  • Reputation management

Resources

  • Technology checklists for small and medium business
  • More cybersecurity resources
  • Scam and threat alerts

Conclusion

  • Continue training in cybersecurity
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