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The Patch: Garbarino Introduces Bill To Help Small Biz With Cyber Attacks

July 20, 2021

Representative Garbarino, Republican from Long Island's 2nd District, introduced a bipartisan bill in Congress Monday that seeks to help small businesses tighten up their cyber security.

A similar bill was introduced in the Senate by Senator Marco Rubio to give small business development centers across the country up to $350,000 each year to create a cyber training program to assist small businesses.

"Cyber attacks are ramping up against everything from our critical infrastructure to schools and small businesses and we must do more to prepare for and mitigate against these attacks," Garbarino said in a statement. "It is my hope that this bipartisan legislation will be an impactful first step to getting small businesses the training they need to protect themselves from cyber criminals."