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PUBLICATIONS

Fundamentals of Small Business Information Security

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Author(s)

Celia Paulsen, Gregory A. Witte, Larry Feldman

Abstract

This bulletin summarizes the information in NISTIR 7621, Revision 1: Small Business Information Security: The Fundamentals. The bulletin presents the fundamentals of a small business information security program.
Citation
ITL Bulletin -
NIST Pub Series
ITL Bulletin
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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Keywords

small business, information security, cybersecurity, fundamentals
Cybersecurity and privacy

Citation

Paulsen, C. , Witte, G. and Feldman, L. (2017), Fundamentals of Small Business Information Security, ITL Bulletin, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=922990 (Accessed October 27, 2025)

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Created March 15, 2017, Updated May 11, 2017
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