Cybersecurity Checklist
A practical baseline of controls every growing company should have in place, mapped to what auditors and customers expect.
Book a 20-min deal readiness callBuild an asset inventory
You can't protect what you can't see. Start with a live inventory of systems and data.
Lock down access control
SSO, MFA, least privilege, and regular access reviews across all systems.
Protect endpoints
Device management, full-disk encryption, and endpoint detection on every machine.
Secure your network
Firewalls, segmentation, and secure remote access for a distributed team.
Manage vulnerabilities
Find and fix vulnerabilities on a defined schedule, with evidence of remediation.
Protect your data
Encryption in transit and at rest, plus tested backup and recovery.
Defend against phishing
Email filtering, DMARC, and recurring user awareness training.
Log and monitor
Centralized logging with alerting on anomalous behavior.
Prepare an incident response plan
A documented, tested plan for when something goes wrong.
Train your people
Your team is the first line of defense. Make security training routine.
What auditors actually ask for
- Is your asset inventory complete and current?
- What is your patching SLA, and can you evidence adherence?
- Can you show your incident response plan was tested, not just written?
- Are backups tested by restore, not just scheduled?
- Is security training completed and recorded for all staff?
Where teams most often trip up
- Backups that run but have never been restore-tested
- An incident response plan that has never been exercised
- Patching policy defined but not measured
- Endpoint tooling deployed to most, but not all, devices
- Training completed once at onboarding and never refreshed
Realistic timeline
A defensible baseline is typically 4-8 weeks; maturity is continuous.