Access Control
& Security Systems

Small businesses will have better access to computer and information technology security resources and be able to assess their information security needs as a result of a federal effort.

The National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have partnered in the effort.

The NIPC, the SBA and NIST will cosponsor an upcoming series of computer and information security workshops. The workshops are scheduled for July 11 in Washington, D.C., at the SBA's headquarters, August 2 in San Francisco at the SBA's San Francisco District Office, and September 26 in Chicago at the Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law at the John Marshall Law School.

Emphasis will be placed on training small business owners to identify necessary cost-effective security products, processes and services.

For more information on the computer security workshop, visit http://csrc.nist.gov/securebiz/

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