Straight to the source.

Free tools, guides, and no-cost cybersecurity services organized specifically for smaller organizations.

A free, plain-language starting point for building a basic cybersecurity culture and program.

The federal government's one-stop hub for ransomware guidance, alerts, and resources.

File a report on ransomware, business email compromise, or other cyber-enabled crime.

Plain-English guides, quizzes, and the 'Start with Security' publication for small business owners.

The source guides behind the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 Small Business Quick-Start Guide.

Where Texas businesses report qualifying data breaches, as required under state law.

A free FBI public-private partnership for vetted businesses: threat briefings, alerts, and a peer network with local chapters including North Texas.

The Small Business Administration's own guidance hub, pointing to the FCC's Small Biz Cyber Planner and other free federal tools in one place.

SBA-funded and free: up to 40 hours of virtual CISO guidance, cybersecurity training events, and a Cyber Shield completion certificate, run through a statewide SBDC partnership.

Free one-on-one business consulting, with ten regional centers across Texas. It's a good starting point even outside the TSBCAC program.

A free, plain-language PDF from the state's own IT agency, aimed specifically at smaller organizations.

The state's official framework and planning guidance, useful background even for private businesses benchmarking themselves against a recognized structure.

A free, law-enforcement-backed tool for finding decryption keys for known ransomware strains before considering any payment.

Send a free simulated phishing test to your own team to establish a baseline.

Check whether your business email addresses have appeared in a known data breach.

Enroll for ongoing, no-cost scanning of your internet-facing systems, with weekly reports ranking what to fix first. Open to private businesses, not just government.

A free, self-service toolkit built specifically for small business, covering email security, safe browsing, and more. Sponsored by Mastercard.

A free configuration-assessment tool from the Center for Internet Security that checks a system against the CIS Controls, the same framework Texas SB 2610 references for 20–99 employee businesses.

A free, self-paced online course built specifically for small and medium-sized businesses, plus a free incident-response playbook and policy templates.

A free, downloadable self-assessment for broker-dealers and investment advisers, built around the same Identify/Protect/Detect/Respond/Recover functions used throughout this site.

A free desktop tool from HHS and ONC that walks HIPAA-covered practices and business associates through a documented security risk assessment.