Agencies offer best practice guidelines on SMB security.
Guidance has been issued by the Five Eyes agencies to help small businesses (SMBs) become more secure.
The guidelines explain a number of best practices companies should adopt around areas such as appointing security managers and maintaining a clear inventory of assets and potential risks, according to SC US.
The guidelines also include advice for managing data on third-party services and managing data access from partners, and offers tips on how to guard data from criminal hacking groups that operate without government backing.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.