Cost Effective Cybersecurity for Small Businesses 2022

Author: Robert K Minniti

This course is designed to assist accountants and auditors who are working with small businesses. The course contains a presumption that there will be a limited budget for implementing cybersecurity internal controls for a small business. We will also discuss working directly with small business owners and bookkeepers and some of their resistance to formalized internal controls.

Publication Date: April 2022

Designed For
CPAs or consultants who are working with small businesses. Also, for the owners, managers, and auditors of small businesses.

Topics Covered

• Cypber fraud
• Cyber fraud issues
• Internal controls for cybersecurity

Learning Objectives

• Identify cost effective cybersecurity internal controls for small businesses
• Identify the date by which the PCI Data Security Standard v4.0 must be implemented by
• Identify what is considered part of the internet of things
• Identify which country reported the largest number of cyber fraud victims in 2021
• Identify the percentage of data breaches caused by insiders
• Identify what is known as using the internet to connect with remote servers to access software or data

Level
Basic

Instructional Method
Self-Study

NASBA Field of Study
Accounting (1 hour), Auditing (1 hour)

Program Prerequisites
None

Advance Preparation
None