Selling Safely: Cybersecurity Best Practices for Small, Rural Ag Businesses

Lauri M. Baker, Cheryl R. Boyer, and Russell Boyer

Release Date: 5/8/2022

Reviewed At: 6/4/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-wc416-2022

Family and Consumer Sciences

Abstract

Cyberattacks are a continued and growing threat for all businesses. Small businesses, like agricultural and rural businesses, should not think they are immune to this threat: obscurity is not security. This new 6-page publication of the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication includes some cybersecurity best practices and links to resources for further education. Written by Lauri M. Baker, Cheryl R. Boyer, and Russell Boyer.

About this Publication

This publication is AEC755, one of a series of the Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date May 2022. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Lauri M. Baker, associate professor, Department of Agricultural Education and Communication; Cheryl R. Boyer, associate professor, Extension specialist, nursery crop production and marketing, Kansas State University; and Russell Boyer, instructor, Department of Management, Kansas State University; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Baker, L. M., Boyer, C. R., & Boyer, R. (2022). Selling Safely: Cybersecurity Best Practices for Small, Rural Ag Businesses. EDIS, 2022(3). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-wc416-2022

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Lauri Baker

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University of Florida

professor, agricultural communication, UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, Gainesville, FL

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Cheryl R. Boyer

associate professor, Extension specialist, and Extension program director, Ph.D., Horticulture and Natural Resources, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

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