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NIST IR 7621 Rev. 1 (Initial Public Draft)

Small Business Information Security: the Fundamentals

Date Published: December 2014
Comments Due: February 9, 2015 (public comment period is CLOSED)
Email Questions to: smallbizsecurity@nist.gov

Author(s)

Richard Kissel (NIST), Hyunjeong Moon (NIST)

Announcement

NIST, as a partner with the Small Business Administration and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in an information security awareness outreach to the small business community, developed this NISTIR as a reference guideline for small businesses. This document is intended to present the fundamentals of a small business information security program in non-technical language.

Abstract

Keywords

small business information security; cybersecurity fundamentals
Control Families

Access Control; Awareness and Training; Configuration Management; Contingency Planning; Identification and Authentication; Media Protection; Physical and Environmental Protection; Planning; Personnel Security; System and Services Acquisition; System and Communications Protection; System and Information Integrity

Documentation

Publication:
Draft NISTIR 7621 Rev. 1 (pdf)

Supplemental Material:
None available

Document History:
12/16/14: IR 7621 Rev. 1 (Draft)

Topics

Security and Privacy

awareness training & education, planning

Applications

small & medium business