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SecureTheVillage’s Information Security Management ResourceKit:

A collection of resources designed to be understandable and actionable. Better secure your organizations by offering best practices and practical solutions for managing information risk.

2024 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report

View the Key Findings or read the full version (gated). Learn about the latest trends in real-world security incidents and breaches—to help protect your organization and help you evaluate potential updates to your security plan.

Cyber Readiness Institute:

This free, online program is designed to help smaller organizations take that first step to becoming more secure against today’s most common cyber vulnerabilities.

Cybersecurity is Everyone’s Job:

This guidebook outlines what each member of an organization should do to protect it from cyber threats, based on the types of work performed by the individual.

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

To help organizations better manage vulnerabilities and keep pace with threat activities, CISA maintains the authoritative source of vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild. Organizations should use the KEV catalog as an input to their vulnerability management prioritization framework.

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0: Small Business Quick-Start Guide Overview:

This guide provides small-to-medium sized businesses who have modest or no cybersecurity plans in place, with considerations to kick-start their cybersecurity risk management strategy.

IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024:

Be prepared for breaches by understanding how they happen and learning about the factors that increase or reduce your costs. New research from IBM and Ponemon Institute provides insights from the experiences of 604 organizations and 3,556 cybersecurity and business leaders hit by a breach.