Join the NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Community of Interest

NIST's Small Business Cybersecurity Community of Interest (COI) has been established to convene the public and private sectors to share business insights, expertise, challenges, and perspectives to guide our work and assist NIST in addressing the cybersecurity needs of the small businesses community.

How to participate

Join the NIST Small Business Cybersecurity COI listserv to receive periodic updates on NIST’s small business-related events, resources, and initiatives. If you have trouble finding the Small Business Cybersecurity COI listserv from the long list of options:

• Find "Information Technology Laboratory (ITL)" in the list and click + to expand
• Find "Cybersecurity Programs" in the list and click + to expand further
• Find "National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence" in the list and click + to expand one final time
• Select the "NCCoE Small/Medium Businesses (SMB) COI"  

NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Community of Interest meetings are held quarterly where you can join to hear updates on the program, hear from guest speakers, and participate in discussion. Save-the-date for our upcoming Community of Interest meetings (all 2:00-3:00pm ET):

• November 10, 2026 | Register here
• February 10, 2027 | Register here
• June 10, 2027 | Register here
• August 10, 2027 | Register here

These Community of Interest calls are not recorded. A PDF of slides will be distributed to registrants after each call. 

Contact Us

To contact the Small Business Cybersecurity Corner Team: smallbizsecurity [at] nist.gov (smallbizsecurity[at]nist[dot]gov)