The Better Business Bureau, working with technology and financial companies, unveiled a new online educational resource intended to help small businesses get a grip on data and online security. Based on the BB's numbers, it's past time for plenty of those businesses and their staffs to go back to school.Fully a third of small businesses don't even run anti-virus software, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) states in the announcement of its new security resource, Data Security -- Made Simpler.

The site is bare-bones and straightforward, and that, from my perspective, is a good thing. People who aren't running anti-virusware aren't likely to be captivated by a jargon-rich, detailed and tech-heavy "intro to security."

They need something simpler, and that's what the BBB has put together.

Take a look, for instance, at this partial sample from the opening section: