{"424691":{"#nid":"424691","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Cybersecurity Summit Aims to Help Small, Mid-size Businesses","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. Chamber of Commerce, along with the Georgia Institute of Technology and five other groups, held a summit Wednesday to help small and mid-size business owners develop, evaluate, and strengthen cybersecurity programs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.uschamber.com\/event\/georgia-2015-cybersecurity-summit\u0022\u003Eevent\u003C\/a\u003E, held at the GTRI Conference Center, brought together government, law enforcement, and private sector representatives to share information necessary to build or strengthen a cybersecurity program and explore ways to communicate about cybersecurity with small and mid-size supply chain partners.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur vision\u0026nbsp;at Georgia\u0026nbsp;Tech\u0026nbsp;is to integrate academia, government, and industry to aggressively solve threats and transfer results into commercially deployable technologies,\u201d said Steve Cross, executive vice president for Research, who served as a panelist during the event.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cAs home to world-class\u0026nbsp;scientists and engineers who\u0026nbsp;are\u0026nbsp;addressing today\u0027s threats, while anticipating and preparing for what\u0027s next, we\u0027re proud to\u0026nbsp;participate\u0026nbsp;in\u0026nbsp;this very important event,\u201d he added.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe summit served as the 2015 kick-off event for the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.uschamber.com\/programs\/national-security-emergency-preparedness\/2015-cybersecurity-campaign\u0022\u003EU.S. Chamber\u2019s awareness campaign\u003C\/a\u003E, which aims to advance cybersecurity policies and educate businesses of all sizes about cyber threats and how to protect against them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA few years ago, cyberattacks against the government and 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