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FTC Schedules Cybersecurity Discussions With Small Businesses in Oregon, Ohio and Iowa

The FTC will host roundtables with small business owners on cybersecurity across the country. In a Thursday news release, the agency said the first event will be held Tuesday in Portland, Oregon, in partnership with the National Cyber Security Alliance,…

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the Small Business Administration and others. That will be followed by a Sept. 6 discussion in Cleveland and another that month in Des Moines, Iowa, the FTC added. The discussions are part of FTC acting Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen's initiative, which includes a website, to help small businesses protect themselves from cyberattacks and avoid scams. The SBA estimates there are 28 million small businesses employing nearly 57 million people, the release said.