Recognize Data Privacy Day by protecting your small business from cybercriminals chundycz January 28, 2026 | 8:02AM Recognize Data Privacy Day by protecting your small business from cybercriminals Your small business likely has had many milestones. Hiring your first employee. Opening your doors for the first time. Making your first sale. But some milestones you’d probably rather avoid — like experiencing your first cyberattack. Think you’re too small to target? Think again. Cybercriminals target companies big and small, so this Data Privacy Day keep your business’s data (and your customers’ data) safe by reviewing the FTC’s updated resources at ftc.gov/cybersecurity.At ftc.gov/cybersecurity, you’ll find the FTC’s updated article, Cybersecurity for Small Business, included in the FTC’s suite of small business materials at ftc.gov/smallbusiness. This covers eight topics ranging from the importance of using email authentication technology and how to protect your business from phishing and ransomware, to questions to ask your vendors about their own cybersecurity practices.Whether these topics are new or familiar to you, reviewing the advice at ftc.gov/cybersecurity and sharing it with your staff can help protect your business from cybercriminals.Here are some other ideas for how to help protect your business:Talk about the sections of Cybersecurity for Small Business with your staff or fellow business owners. Don’t have a lot of time? No problem. The article has clear, practical advice in plain language.Share advice about cybersecurity on your business’s social media page. If some of this security guidance is new to you, it may be new to other small business owners too. Help them protect their business by sharing this advice. You can copy and paste information directly from the article.Stay in the know with the FTC’s Business Blog. Subscribe to get the latest guidance on how to protect your small business from cybercriminals, and more.Find more resources for small businesses at ftc.gov/smallbusiness. 

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