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Cybercriminals target companies big and small. Today is Data Privacy Day — a great opportunity to take a look at how you keep your business and customer data protected. Get started with the FTC’s updated resources at ftc.gov/cybersecurity.

At ftc.gov/cybersecurity, you’ll find the FTC’s updated article, Cybersecurity for Small Business, included in the FTC’s suite of small business materials at ftc.gov/smallbusiness. It covers eight topics ranging from the importance of using email authentication technology and how to protect your business from phishing and ransomware, to questions to ask your vendors about their own cybersecurity practices. To help protect your business:

  • Talk about the sections of Cybersecurity for Small Business with your staff or fellow business owners. Don’t have a lot of time? No problem. The article has clear, practical advice in plain language.
  • Share advice about cybersecurity on your business’s social media page. If some of this security guidance is new to you, it may be new to other small business owners too. Help them protect their business by sharing this advice. You can copy and paste information directly from the article.
  • Stay in the know with the FTC’s Business Blog. Subscribe to get the latest guidance on how to protect your small business from cybercriminals, and more.

Whether or not these topics are new to you, take some time to review the advice at ftc.gov/cybersecurity — and then share it with your staff. It could make all the difference in protecting your business from cybercriminals. 

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