Free educational training
Small Business Cyber Starter Kit
Free cybersecurity basics for businesses without a security team.
Choose your business type, role, and region. Learn how to spot scams, secure accounts, verify payments, manage access, handle customer/client data, and respond when something goes wrong. Finish with a certificate of completion and practical printables you can actually use.
Educational training only. It is not a security audit or guarantee of protection.
Overview
What this is
A self-contained workshop you run in the browser. We fold public guidance (NIST, CISA, FTC-style sources—see methodology) into short lessons and scenarios, then turn your answers into ranked next steps and printables. No accounts, no cloud save—just local storage on your device.
Audience
Who it's for
Small shops and nonprofits where people wear multiple hats: whoever touches email, payments, scheduling, customer records, or vendor access—owners, admins, front desk, contractors, volunteers.
Deliverables
What you'll get
- Six modules chosen for your business type and role
- Twelve-question scenario quiz with plain-language feedback
- A snapshot score by topic area (educational—not a formal assessment)
- Five prioritized fixes you can act on first
- Certificate of completion (recognizes finishing the kit, not certification)
- Printable toolkit: checklists, scripts, access review prompts
Paths
Business paths
Examples and scenarios shift based on the path you pick—same core habits, different illustrations.
- Healthcare & Wellness Practice — Handles sensitive personal and health-related service information.
- Legal & Confidential Professional Services — Works with privileged or highly confidential client records.
- Accounting, Tax & Payroll — Processes financial, tax, payroll, and identity-sensitive data.
- Real Estate & Property Transactions — Coordinates transactions with payment and identity verification risk.
- Construction & Home Services — Operates field teams with invoices, scheduling, and mobile device use.
- Beauty, Fitness & Appointment-Based Services — Relies on booking platforms, customer messaging, and recurring payments.
- Retail, Restaurant & Local Commerce — Uses POS, ordering, and customer account systems daily.
- Nonprofit, Church & Community Organization — Manages donor/member data and volunteer access.
Flow
How it works
- Path setup — region, business type, role
- Profile — quick intake (nothing sensitive)
- Training — six modules
- Quiz — twelve questions
- Results — score, fixes, certificate, downloads
Learning materials
Methodology
How we pick scenarios, cite public guidance, and where the limits are—so you know what this kit is built on.
Read methodology →