Cybersecurity Health Check

This opportunity will match volunteers with small businesses for a small business cybersecurity health check. The volunteers will talk through a checklist of questions with the small business representative, help them understand their current cyber risk level and ways to minimize that risk. Meetings can take place virtually or in-person, depending on geography of both participants and preferences.

Purpose

As an integral part of the global economy, it’s estimated that over 40% of small businesses have experienced a cyber-attack. If that’s happened to you, you know how devasting it can be. Fortunately, there are qualified professionals volunteering to help. ISC2 is the world's largest association of cybersecurity professionals with over 200,000 certification holding members in all parts of the world. Our Cybersecurity Health Check pairs ISC2 volunteers with qualified small businesses to help the small businesses understand and minimize their cybersecurity risk.

The Cybersecurity Health Check will take a few hours of your time, both on your own and meeting with the volunteer or small business. The Health Check provides a cybersecurity checklist showing places where small businesses can mitigate their risk and what they are doing well. This program is completely free to you. Our volunteers give their time and skills to help make this a safer cyber world!

Responsibilities

Attend a training. Sign a volunteer agreement. Meet virtually or in person with small business representative to go through a questionnaire. Complete the Cybersecurity Health Checklist to assess their cyber risk and meet with them to explain the findings.

ISC2 Membership Requirement

Yes

Skills Required

Knowledge of small business cybersecurity risks, ability to communicate to people with little to no tech/cyber knowledge, understanding of business cybersecurity needs and options for implementation (low to no cost).

Training

1-hour virtual training session

Time Requirement

2-5 hours per business served

Travel Requirement

None – meetings will be virtual. In-person meetings are possible if both members are in the same geographical location.

Start/End Date

January 2023 - ongoing

CPE Credit(s)

2-4 per business served

CPE Submission Process

CPEs will be submitted on behalf of volunteers.

Benefits

Assisting small businesses with their cybersecurity risks. Small businesses are a huge part of the global economy and need help understanding their cyber risk. You can be part of the solution and provide needed guidance.

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Contact

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