Defense Cybersecurity: Opportunities Exist for DOD to Share Cybersecurity Resources with Small Businesses

Abstract

The Department of Defense (DOD) Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) has explored some options, such as online training videos, to integrate cybersecurity into its existing efforts; however, as of July 2015, the office had not identified and disseminated cybersecurity resources in its outreach and education efforts to defense small businesses. While DOD OSBP is not required to educate small businesses on cybersecurity, DOD OSBP officials acknowledged that cybersecurity is an important and timely issue for small businesses-and therefore the office is considering incorporating cybersecurity into its existing outreach and education efforts. During the review, GAO identified 15 existing federal cybersecurity resources that DOD OSBP could disseminate to defense small businesses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2015
Accession Number
ADA621686

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Network Security
  • Computer Security Techniques
  • Congress
  • Cyber Threats
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Electronic Mail
  • Homeland Security
  • Law
  • Malware
  • National Security
  • Small Business
  • Social Media
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber