Cybersecurity for Small and Medium Businesses: Essential Training

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

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Securing your business

1. Overview

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

2. Identify

08 - Step 1 - Identify key assets
09 - Inventory sheet - Data and devices
10 - Account access best practices
11 - What about the cloud

3. Protect

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

4. Detect

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

5. Respond

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

6. Recover

26 - Step 5 - How to recover from a cyberincident
27 - Cybersecurity insurance
28 - Reputation management

7. Resources

29 - Technology checklists for small and medium business
30 - More cybersecurity resources
31 - Scam and threat alerts

Conclusion

32 - Continue training in cybersecurity