Cyber Readiness Institute launches small-business cyber readiness program, building off Obama commission report

The Cyber Readiness Institute -- led by veterans of Obama-era cyber initiatives -- has launched a “Cyber Readiness Program” designed to enhance the security of small and medium-sized businesses, saying the effort builds off recommendations contained in a 2016 report to the president on specific cybersecurity needs of smaller entities.

“Today is the official launch date of the learnings and process and management systems around the cyber institute,” Samuel Palmisano, former vice chairman of the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity...