IT security checklist
Checklist for IT consultants
For IT consultants and managed service providers who want small business owners without in house IT on their list.
Scorecard
How ready is your office for a cyber attack?
How to use this scorecard
Share it with owners of small offices without an IT person. Their answers show the gaps to close first, which gives you a useful first conversation.
What is inside
Score your office
Why each question mattersOffline backup
Fix these firstAn offline backup: Set up this week.
Worth doing this monthTest a restore. One real file, start to finish.
Your four week planScore your office and set up an offline backup.
Three title ideas for your own version
How ready is your office for a cyber attack
The cyber readiness scorecard
Score your office in two minutes
Where to promote it
LinkedIn postslocal business groupsyour newslettera link in your email signature
What goes in a cyber readiness scorecard?
Ten quick questions on backups, logins, updates, fake emails and plans, a score out of twenty, what the score means, a fix for each point and a four week plan.
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