If you don’t believe small business cybersecurity impacts our national defense, and our national security, think again. Of the approximately 718,000 manufacturers in the United States, 95-99% are small businesses with less than 20 employees. Not surprisingly, many of those companies lack the resources to implement proper cybersecurity protocols. The costs are staggering – small businesses lost more than $10 billion due to cyber theft last year, and the total losses from cybercrime were a staggering $7 trillion. Come learn about the Department of Defense-sponsored initiative to bolster our nation's cybersecurity one small business at a time. Project Spectrum's cybersecurity assessments can assist small- and medium-sized companies achieve their desired level of CMMC and NIST compliance. Endorsed and supported by DoD’s Office of Small Business Programs, Project Spectrum is a free-to-users platform developed to raise awareness and provide the tools and training needed to protect our nation’s supply chain from exploitation.