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ASEAN Foundation-Mastercard Cyber Resilience Programme for SMEs

The ASEAN Foundation–Mastercard Cyber Resilience Programme is a pilot initiative designed to support Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) by enhancing their cybersecurity capacity and providing access to a cyber hygiene rating tool. This tool enables MSMEs to assess their current cyber posture and identify key areas for improvement, thereby reducing vulnerabilities. The programme also aligns with the ASEAN ICT Masterplan 2020 and the ASEAN Work Plan on Education 2021–2025. In its initial phase, the programme aims to reach 50 MSMEs across the ten ASEAN Member States.

Through the programme, selected MSMEs will receive the following benefits:

Enhanced Cybersecurity Awareness and Digital Resilience: Through My Cyber Risk, participants will gain an understanding of the cyber hygiene required for externally facing infrastructure. This will enable participants to prioritise the remediation of critical risks and protect their organisation against cyberattacks.
Capacity Building and Skill Development: Through self-paced and guided learning available on Mastercard Trust Center, beneficiaries will develop practical cybersecurity skills, improving their digital literacy, data protection strategies, and cyber risk management capabilities.
Increased Competitiveness: For SMEs, adopting cybersecurity best practices will boost consumer trust and enhance business security. For young people, acquiring cybersecurity skills opens up career opportunities in the growing field of digital security.

About My Cyber Risk:

How My Cyber Risk Works – My Cyber Risk uses non-invasive techniques to continuously evaluate your external-facing IT footprint and monitor your cybersecurity risk. Utilising sophisticated analytics that leverage a variety of data sources and over 40 security criteria, backed by thousands of security checks, My Cyber Risk distils issues discovered into a simple letter grade, which reflects the overall security rating of your website. All findings are displayed and explained in your portal, so you can easily prioritise responses, act efficiently to improve your cyber hygiene, and effortlessly track your progress over time.

My Cyber Risk provides small businesses with:

Cyber risk rating of your online environment
Security profile that encompasses a list of vulnerabilities prioritised by asset value and issue severity
An IT profile that encompasses a list of all internet-facing systems and their hosting details, such as the name and location of the hosting provider and the number of systems being hosted with that provider
Downloadable, detailed reports on all identified vulnerabilities
High-level remediation action plans for fixing the uncovered vulnerabilities

For selected MSMEs in the ASEAN-Mastercard Cyber Resilience Programme, My Cyber Risk is accessible here. Please click here.

About Mastercard Trust Center:

Help safeguard your small business from cyberattacks
ASEAN Foundation is partnering with Mastercard to help small businesses in the ASEAN region improve their cybersecurity practices so they can better thrive in a digitally enabled environment.
“Through our partnership, Mastercard provides ASEAN’s small business community direct access to the Mastercard Trust Center.”

Through the Trust Center, Mastercard provides free access to cybersecurity education, resources and tools for the small business community to help protect their businesses from being impacted by cyberattacks.

Cybersecurity Solutions

Help safeguard your small business from cyberattacks

Small businesses are the backbone of the global economy. “Micro, small, and medium-size enterprise (MSMEs) account for 90% of businesses, more than 70% of employment, and 50% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) worldwide, remain the core of the economy for most societies. ¹

Cyberattacks can destroy a business

The Mastercard Trust Center is a website that offers free cybersecurity education, resources, and tools designed to help MSMEs protect their digital ecosystem against cyber threats.

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To assess your level of knowledge, you may access the Cybersecurity Assessment Quiz

You can also access additional learning materials in Mastercard Small Business Secure in 60 Seconds videos for tips and tricks in keeping your business safe.

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