The Indiana SBDC offers no-cost business advising, training, referrals, and a library of cultivated tools and resources to help businesses, start, grow, finance, innovate, and transition. The Indiana SBDC has ten offices across the state with regional advisors ready to serve your small business needs.

The Data Assured Toolkit, made available in partnership with the Delaware SBDC, helps small businesses prepare for and manage cybersecurity threats. The Data Assured Toolkit works to raise awareness of cyber risks, help businesses manage those risks, and foster innovation in cybersecurity.

The Indiana APEX Accelerator offers one-on-one counseling and training events for Indiana businesses interested in government contracting, including how to identify and target appropriate local, state and federal agencies.

Purdue MEP has assembled a team of cybersecurity experts to help ensure you are compliant with the standards described in NIST Special Publication 800-171. Additionally, Purdue MEP offers cybersecurity workshops to learn the DoD cybersecurity requirements and expose businesses to resources for becoming compliant and meeting local cybersecurity providers. Purdue MEP’s experienced team has designed a comprehensive four-step cybersecurity program for small-to-medium sized manufacturers. This program is intended to help businesses gauge their current situation, and then tailor a plan specifically for the company’s internal capabilities, budget, and time sensitivity.

The Indiana Economic Development Corporation is partnering with Purdue MEP to fund CMMC Level 1 assessments and implementation. This opportunity is best suited for small-to-medium-sized companies in the DIB that need support to adopt foundational cyber practices and are unable to participate in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) contracting realm without it. 

Purdue University – cyberTAP offers fee-based, custom cybersecurity education and cybersecurity services. cyberTAP’s cybersecurity training programs range from basic theory to hands-on defensive and offensive simulations on the Purdue Cyber Range.