Past Events

MOVE OVER VIRUSES, step aside worms: Ransomware has the spotlight and isn't about to give it up. From taking down entire fuel pipelines to hijacking hospital networks, it's the cyberattack du jour. Not only do you have the potentially disastrous consequences of being locked out of your most important files and systems, but you also have to decide if you're willing to pay cold, hard cash to get access to them again, if you even get access after paying.

This webinar will help you with your small business to Identify – Detect and Protect.

• Will learn about comprehensive Ransomware Recovery Plan,
• Gain access to the tools to develop your own ransomware recovery playbook.
• How to respond quickly and confidently in a crisis setting
• Step to Recover data and restart applications faster
• Reduce business interruptions and costs related to remediation
• Meet requirements from auditors and cybersecurity insurers
• Above all: Avoid paying data ransoms

PRESENTER

Nalit Patel-All Solutions Inc.

With an innate ability to actively listen and discern, Nalit Patel has been helping clients optimize their IT infrastructure and streamline their business processes by delivering world-class managed and professional services through client-centric business methods for over 25 years. His company All Solutions Inc has been focused in providing data center/cloud computing, collaboration, IT infrastructure, and security – complemented by software. Nalit and All Solutions Inc continues to develop and deliver innovative, scalable and financially sound solutions to a myriad of industries.

This webinar is designed to provide business owners and their management teams with Cyber Security awareness. The goal of the webinar is for participants to understand the importance of implementing a consistent and continuously improving Cyber Security program for their organization.

The webinar goes beyond intrusion detection and reactive remediation. It will provide insight on how to prevent cyber criminals from compromising the integrity of your business-critical assets and information on a daily basis. This webinar will also provide best practices and helpful tips to educate end-users who access your company's information systems.

If cyber security for your small businesses is still an afterthought, keep in mind that for your customers, suppliers, and partners it is still a very important concern!

This webinar will provide guidance to applicants preparing to apply for the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP) Round 3 and the Native Entities Grant Program (NEGP). It will cover key application requirements, including funding information, eligibility, major program differences, and the materials applicants must submit. The session will help potential applicants understand what they need to prepare and how to successfully submit applications for one or both programs.

For more information about NTIA’s broadband programs, please visit broadbandusa.ntia.gov.

NIST is hosting a one-day workshop on hardware representation in the Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) and on how the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) applies to hardware. The workshop will discuss NIST's plans and potential updates in these areas and gather community feedback from hardware vendors, vulnerability analysts, security-tool developers, National Vulnerability Database (NVD) users, and standards participants across government and industry.

Topics will include the current state of hardware coverage in NVD and CPE, plans and potential changes to CPE for hardware representation, CVSS considerations specific to hardware, and how the community can engage with this work going forward. The workshop is part of NIST's CHIPS Metrology and Computer Security Division (CSD) effort to improve how hardware products are identified and how their vulnerabilities are scored.

For more information about NVD CPE, please visit the NVD CPE page. For CPE development and access to the public comments forum, contact [email protected].

If you have questions regarding the workshop, please contact [email protected].

Cybersecurity is a critical piece of all businesses, especially small businesses. So how can you mitigate instances that may cause harm?

Cybersecurity is a critical piece of all businesses, especially small businesses. But many people and businesses either don’t take it seriously or assume they have everything covered. Unfortunately, with things on the web constantly changing, even the best security can leave you subject to “malware”, “Phishing scams” or being “hacked”. So how can you mitigate those instances, and be aware of what may cause harm?

During this webinar, we will discuss:

• What cybersecurity is
• Why cybersecurity is important for small businesses
• Types of cyber attacks
• Ways to protect your company

CISA has announced a revised schedule of town hall meetings for the CIRCIA rulemaking in the Federal Register. CISA is hosting these town halls to allow external stakeholders a limited additional opportunity to provide input on refining the scope and burden of the CIRCIA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that was published in Federal Register on April 4, 2024.

The virtual town hall meetings will take place from 11:30am to 3:30pm Eastern Time on the following dates:

• Monday, June 15
• Tuesday, June 16
• Wednesday, June 17
• Thursday, June 18

Registration is required to attend a town hall meeting. Registration for each town hall meeting will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time two business days before the meeting. 

If a participant wants CISA to consider data or specific written materials as part of a town hall meeting, stakeholders must provide that information to CISA in writing no later than seven calendar days after the meeting. Participants may email written material to CIRCIA. The material will be publicly available in the docket for the CIRCIA rulemaking.

CISA will record and transcribe town hall meetings. After a meeting takes place, CISA will publish transcripts of town hall meetings in the docket for the CIRCIA rulemaking.

CISA is committed to ensuring all participants have equal access to this opportunity regardless of disability status. If you require reasonable accommodation due to a disability to fully participate, please contact CISA at [email protected] as soon as possible prior to the town hall meeting that you wish to attend.

NIST's Small Business Cybersecurity Community of Interest (COI) has been established to convene the public and private sectors to share business insights, expertise, challenges, and perspectives to guide our work and assist NIST in addressing the cybersecurity needs of the small businesses community. NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Community of Interest calls meet quarterly to present recent updates in the NIST small business program, to engage in topical discussions, and to answer audience questions. 

The Public Private Partnership Security and Resilience Seminar Series brings together government and industry professionals for a forward-looking exploration of how organizations can strengthen safety, continuity of operations, and emergency communications in an evolving risk landscape. 

The 2026 series will explore asymmetrical threats which pose a significant risk to organizations, impacting physical security, digital integrity, and operational resilience in three 90-minute sessions. 

• This series, guided by CISA’s Insider Threat Mitigation Guide, equips leaders, teams, and individuals with practical strategies to identify behavioral indicators, strengthen layered defenses, and foster a culture of vigilance. 
• Through focused sessions on physical security, cyber resilience, and responsible AI integration, participants will gain actionable insights to detect, deter, and mitigate insider risks—building a safer, more prepared, and resilient organization.

This webinar -- Seminar 1 -- will explore strategies for controlling access, monitoring sensitive areas, and fostering a culture of awareness. Learn how physical safeguards and employee engagement can reduce opportunities for insider threats. 

The NIST NCCoE will host a virtual event on June 4, 2026, to provide an overview of upcoming guidelines on improving cybersecurity incident response and recovery capabilities for organizations operating industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) environments. This event will highlight approaches organizations can use to strengthen operational resilience. 

You've heard about AI for two years. You might even be using it. But here's what nobody is telling you — the same AI tools that can save your business 15 hours a week are being weaponized against businesses just like yours right now.

In 2026, 72% of small businesses use at least one AI-powered tool, but most owners are flying blind - feeding sensitive data into tools that aren't protecting it, while AI-crafted scams land in their inbox that are completely indistinguishable from legitimate emails.

This month's Tech Talks with Rob cuts through the noise with "Friend or Fraud: How to Put AI to Work Without Getting Burned" — a no-jargon, no-hype, 20-minute session that covers both sides of the AI story. You'll learn which free and low-cost AI tools are actually saving small business owners time right now (writing, customer service, scheduling, bookkeeping), what data you should never put into an AI tool and why, how voice cloning and deepfake video calls are being used to trick employees into authorizing wire transfers, the one protocol that stops AI-powered payment fraud cold, and how to write a one-page AI use policy for your staff in a single afternoon.

This webinar is for any small business owner or manager who has heard "you should be using AI" but has no idea where to safely start, anyone who uses ChatGPT, Canva, or similar tools but has never thought about what happens to the data they type in, any business with employees who handle vendor payments or customer financial information, and anyone who received a suspicious email recently and wasn't sure if it was real.

Roughly one in four small business owners has already been targeted by an AI-driven scam - most didn't know it until it was too late. No technical background required, no products to buy, no agenda except making sure you leave with a plan you can act on the same day. Register free - your competitors are already using AI, and so are the people trying to scam you.