CYBERSECURITY TIPS
for small businesses
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Define Different Scams
"Banks Never Ask That"
Red Flags to Look for in Phishing Scams
Protect Your Computer from Malware
Password Manager
Recommended Password Managers
Microsoft Authenticator
10 Tips for Small Businesses
A Cybersecurity Learning Challenge
A Cybersecurity Planning Guide Example
Create a Printable Automatic Generated Customized Planning Guide by Answering Questions.
DEFINE DIFFERENT SCAMS
1 Min
What is Phishing, Vishing, SMSishing?
"BANKS NEVER ASK THAT"
3 Min per section
A free fun training that looks at trick's scammers use
Contents
A short 8 Question Quiz (Do as many times as you want)
Quick Graphics with short Questions
2 Fun YouTube Video's 30 seconds each
A Game to inform you about what scammers do.
PDF - Phishing Scam Tips a 4-page graphic poster
By the American Bankers Association: BanksNeverAskThat.com
RED FLAGS TO LOOK FOR IN PHISHING SCAMS
3 Min
Learn the Red Flags to Look for in Phishing Scams
4 Page Summary of Tips to Spot Scams and What to Do if You Fall for it.
PROTECT YOUR COMPUTER FROM MALWARE
8 Min
Protect Your Computer From Malware
An informational 3 Minute Video
Want to know more about how to recognize, remove, and avoid malware?
TechCrunch - Article about the Twilio hack
A short 2 minute read
This is a real-life situation where a number of employees were tricked into giving away login credentials.
Methods targeting 1000's of employee cellphones successfully gain access to businesses
A 3 minute read revealing a combined attack.
PASSWORD MANAGER - WHAT IT IS AND WHY USE ONE
2 Min
Password Manager
Need help with creating strong secure passwords, where to store them safely, and how to get to them quickly? Join the crowd. Now is a good time to understand what is and why to use a password manager to help manage this task.
RECOMMENDED PASSWORD MANAGERS
3 Min
Dedicated Password Managers here are preferred over browser based as in Chrome Edge or Firefox. Each is shown if it is free or pay and where the data is stored.
Recommended Password Managers from Carnegie Mellon University
1Password (Pay, Online)
Last Pass (Free & Pay, Online)
BitWarden (Free & Pay, Online)
Apple's iCloud Keychain (Free on iPhone, Online)
KeePass (Free Open Source, Works Offline on Local Computer, can be stored on the cloud)
Recommended Password Manager from MIT University
LastPass (Free & Pay, Online) MIT uses LastPass Enterprise, however LastPass also offers Personal and Business versions.
Other suggested Password Managers by MIT: 1Password, Dashlane, KeePass, RoboForm.
This is not an exhaustive list, and you are encouraged to do your own research about password managers and pick the one that is a good fit for you or your family or small business.
a free password generator & understand what a strong password or master password looks like
3 Min
Free Password Generator from 1Password - Creates Master Passwords and other Passwords Easily
Understand what a strong Password and Master Password look like
microsoft authenticator: What is it and Why use it
2 Min
Microsoft Authenticator
Protect your accounts with a one-time password that changes every 30 seconds, and more. Touch the image to get the app and learn more.
10 Tips for Small Businesses
3 Min
CISA - Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
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1 page summary of tips for small businesses give your small business a good quick overview of what to look for to protect your business and employees. 10 Tips Source Page
A cybersecurity Learning challenge
60 Min
Cybersecurity Challenge - Test Your Knowledge
What is it about?
This is a useful learning course that takes you through a series of 8 challenges that will remember where you left off at so you can come back on your own time.
You can redo a challenge to improve your score and knowledge.
You do not need to be a cybersecurity expert, this is for anyone willing to learn.
What will I learn? You will learn how to protect yourself and your business from cyberattacks with life scenarios presented in an interactive multimedia still anime format.
Touch the image to start learning.
This is a training project developed by the Michigan Small Business Development Center, and the U.S. Small Business Administration
a cybersecurity Planning guide Example
15 Min
This is a detailed overview of what a Cyber Planning guide looks like.
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Create an Automatic Generated Customized Planning Guide by Answering Questions
60 Min
Cyber Security Planning Guide
Create A Free Plan leads to prompts with questions and choices that can be printed or saved as a document
This planning guide from the FCC - Federal Communication Commision is endorsed by the SBA - Small Business Administration and CISA - Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency and many others.
a warning to all size businesses to take action to protect against cyber attacks and cybercrime
Whitehouse Statement to Businesses: A Call to Act Now
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If you are not paying attention, you could open yourself or your business up to a cyberattack.
SMB's - Small and Medium Businesses need to play a part in combating Cyberattacks.
SBA - Small Business Administration Information
additional resources From Cisa
Please Note: Content on this page does not cover all possible issues, strategies, or techniques, and is not meant to replace your current home, small business or organization cyber security practices. Content here is meant to increase your awareness and understanding of Cybersecurity issues and offer practices to protect.