Amazon will accept nominations from small business for Small Business of the Year, reports Small Business Insider. This award along with two others are part of its new focus on small business. 

Amazon announced Friday morning an award program that reflects its increasing attention to its small business partners.

Contractors will soon have to get cyber certified to do business with the Defense Department. But there's early concern that the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification framework would block DOD's efforts to leverage startups.

Data breaches hurt small business, reports Tech Republic. A new survey finds that 30% of those surveyed would not use a business that had been affected by a breach. 

Data breaches can affect any type of business – large, medium, and small. Larger enterprises usually have the money, resources, expertise, and customer base to help them recover from a breach.