Cybersafe Hawaiʻi
About Cybersafe Hawaiʻi
Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Cybersafe Hawaiʻi is a collaborative effort led by the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Business Economic Development & Tourism and community resource partners to highlight the importance of cybersecurity for small businesses.
This self-paced, 8-week program is designed to guide Hawaiʻi’s small businesses through a step-by-step process of identifying, understanding, testing, and securing their digital assets.
Cybersafe Hawaii is currently no longer accepting new applications. However, to view cybersecurity webinars and other resources for your small business, please visit the program’s resources page.
Program Benefits
The Cybersafe Hawaiʻi program is designed to help businesses improve their cyber defenses and safeguard against potential attacks. The program offers the following services at NO COST to a limited number of eligible businesses:
Technical Assessments
What you don’t know about your information system could lead to the loss of operations. Technical assessments will identify existing vulnerabilities that may be exploited by cyber-criminals and provide recommended updates.
Cyber Awareness Training
Training will help identify the most common and best practices for maintaining good cyber hygiene, ensuring employers and employees contribute to a secure environment.
Penetration Testing
To ensure vulnerabilities have been addressed or additional updates are required, this project will perform penetration testing to validate the security of your information technology network.
Eligibility Requirements
Companies must meet the following requirements to participate:
- Be a Hawaiʻi-based business employing fifty (50) or fewer employees.
- Be generating revenue or a non-profit organization.
- If not at the time of submission, commit to enrolling as a client of a small business resource partner.