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1. Business Email Compromise

Business Email Compromise (BEC) continues to be a top attack method cyber criminals use to steal millions from Colorado businesses. BEC is spear phishing targeting individuals that are involved with a company’s financial decisions with the intention of compromising that corporate officer’s email account.  Read this document for more information on BEC.

                                   

    

2. Phishing Quiz

For decades, phishing has proven an effective method for attackers to dupe just about anyone into clicking on malicious links so they can wreak havoc on personal and professional lives.  Alphabet made a quiz to help you detect phishing scams.

3. Materials to protect against cyber attacks

The National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) developed a campaign designed to help companies protect their assets from cyber attacks. NCSC is offering materials, including videos, brochures, and posters, to help organizations guard against supply chain threats, phishing threats, and economic/intellectual espionage.

4. Course on cyber security for small businesses

The Small Business Association has cyber security training and events for small business.

This self-paced training exercise provides an introduction to securing information in a small business. Topics include the following:

•  Defining cyber security 
• Explaining the importance of securing information through best cyber security practices
• Identifying types of information that should be secured
• Identifying the types of cyber threats 
• Defining risk management and
• Listing best practices for guarding against cyber threats.

5. Monthly newsletters

Sign up to receive OUCH! .  OUCH! is the world's leading, free security awareness newsletter designed for everyone. Published every month in multiple languages, each edition is carefully researched and developed.

6. Free trainings for SMB employees

Training your employees is the number one way to protect your business from cyber attacks.  Amazon makes available the cybersecurity awareness training the company uses with its employees to businesses and individuals around the world—at no cost.

• Colorado's National Cyber Center (NCC) is providing this low-cost training for IT Staff.
• National Institute of Standards and Technology provides these low and no cost trainings
• ESET offers free basic employee trainings