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Most successful cyber attacks target employees.

• When they are not properly trained and prepared, employees can be your organization's weakest link.
• Come learn best practices and tips for making your whole company more resistant to cyber attacks.

This class is offered in partnership with Mt. Hood SBDC

How to register for this class

• Enter the registration site here.
• Once you are on the registration page you will click on the “add to cart” button, on the right-hand side you will now see checkout click on that button.
• This will take you to another page (a log-in page) where you will need to create a new customer account (even if you have taken classes at Mt. Hood Community College in the past). Remember the information you enter for your username and password. You will need these each time you register. There will be one more page you must complete.
• After completing this you will have completed your class registration

This class is offered live via Zoom

Have you thought about how your business would survive a cyber attack? The JFCAC Small Business Resource Center is providing a FREE virtual 60-minute Cybersecurity training to entrepreneurs and small business owners to educate them on the importance of recognizing cyber threats, learn and implement safe browsing habits, and to properly utilize authentication tools.

To support a community effort to advance SBOM technologies, processes, and practices, CISA will facilitate the 2023 CISA SBOM-a-Rama.  The goal of this meeting is to help the broader software and security community understand the current state of SBOM and what efforts have been made by different parts of the SBOM community, including CISA-facilitated community-led work and other activity from sectors and governments. Attendees are invited to ask questions, share comments, and raise further issues that need attention. A full agenda will be posted in advance of the meeting at https://cisa.gov/SBOM.

This event is open to anyone. CISA welcomes participation from anyone interested in learning about the current state of SBOM practice and implementation, including private sector practitioners, policy experts, academics, and representatives from non-U.S. organizations. A form to allow individuals to register their interest in either in-person or virtual participation will be available at https://cisa.gov/SBOM.

This webinar will provide safe computer and network usage tips for small business owners. It concerns not only businesses, but also individuals.

Manufacturing supply chains are increasingly critical to maintaining the health, security, and the economic strength of the United States. To address the supply chain traceability challenges, the NCCoE Manufacturing Supply Chain Traceability team recently published the Project Description for the Manufacturing Supply Chain Traceability Using Blockchain Related Technologies project. This project is a follow-on to the earlier NIST IR 8419 White Paper published in April 2022.

Join us to discuss the planned multi-ecosystem reference implementation for supporting supply chain traceability research.  During this one-hour webinar, the team will describe the current plan, from the Project Description, for creating an environment that supports capturing and querying traceability transactions.

We look forward to your feedback.

Event description

Topic: Doing business more securely in cyberspace.

Operating safely in cyberspace is crucial for small businesses to protect their data, finances, and reputation. However, most small business lacks adequate resources to fully protect the IT infrastructure. This presentation will provide cost-effective solutions to doing business more securely in cyberspace.

This webinar dives into identifying and authenticating system users, processes, and devices before allowing access to information systems along with how to control access to those systems. The portion on Identification and Authentication will detail how to determine if system users and processes acting on behalf of users are identified and how to identify and authenticate those users and processes. The practice on Access Control will discuss how to ensure anyone or anything attempting to access a system is identified and authorized, describe the types of transactions authorized users are permitted to execute, explain how to identify, verify and control connections to external systems, and how to control information posted or processed on publicly accessible information systems like social media accounts. 

Panel Participants:

• Tim Taylor, SBDC Cybersecurity Training Coordinator, retired SBDC Research Supervisor and retired property crimes investigator will answer questions regarding Physical Protection and Media Protection.
• Rob Ruder, Adjunct MIS Professor, Gonzaga University and IT Consultant.

The NTIA Office of Minority Broadband Initiatives (OMBI) plays an important role in the Internet For All initiative by promoting equitable high-speed Internet access and adoption at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), and in their surrounding anchor communities. OMBI’s guiding vision is to achieve digital equity for minority communities across the United States.

Join the OMBI team and guests from the NTIA Office of the Assistant Secretary and the National Skills Coalition to explore how HBCUs, TCUs, and MSIs are working to help students build in-demand skills and connect to long-term career pathways. This webinar will focus on two areas: Closing the Digital Skills Divide and an update on NTIA Workforce Initiatives.

Is Your Small Business Safe from Cyber Attacks?

“In 2021, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center received 847,376 complaints regarding cyberattacks and malicious cyber activity with nearly $7 billion in losses, the majority of which targeted small businesses. Small businesses are attractive targets because they have information that cybercriminals want, and they typically lack the security infrastructure of larger businesses. According to a recent SBA survey, 88% of small business owners felt their business was vulnerable to a cyber-attack. Yet many businesses cannot afford professional IT solutions, have limited time to devote to cybersecurity, or they do not know where to begin.”

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Kansas City and St. Louis District Offices, and Missouri Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network are partnering with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to host a FREE Cybersecurity for Small Businesses webinar.

Join us to learn about cybersecurity tips for small businesses, locally available resources, and get answers to any questions you might have.

This webinar will provide you with tips and insights on how to educate employees on:

• best practices for surfing the internet
• proper email usage