NIST for Small Businesses

Why NIST Compliance for Small Businesses?

Helping Organizations Successfully Complete Audits, Provide Evidence of Compliance, and Build Confidence with Your Partners.

Black Bottle IT is seeing NIST for Small Businesses within Various Industries including Insurance,
Financial & Professional Services, Construction and Retail .

No Company is Immune to Cybercrime.

NIST compliance isn’t just for federal agencies or manufacturers and service providers that do business with the government. Responding to new cybersecurity attacks and breaches The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) passed the NIST small business cybersecurity act in 2018.

Ransomware, phishing, and ATM skimming are just a few very common and very damaging cybersecurity threats that Small Businesses need to watch out for today and tomorrow. If you are a small business owner and leader that conveys the business value of strong cybersecurity, NIST compliance is something you should consider.

According to the NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act:

NIST must disseminate, and publish on its website, standard and method resources that small businesses may use voluntarily to help identify, assess, manage, and reduce their cybersecurity risks. The resources must be: (1) technology-neutral, (2) based on international standards to the extent possible, (3) able to vary with the nature and size of the implementing small business and the sensitivity of the data collected or stored on the information systems, and (4) consistent with the national cybersecurity awareness and education program under the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014. Additionally, the resources must include case studies of practical application.