Security readiness checklist

Check your basic cybersecurity readiness before problems happen.

Use this checklist to review accounts, devices, backups, website access, hosting, staff habits, and sensitive information before requesting cybersecurity or ICT support from Necuva.

Cybersecurity areas to review

Security does not begin with expensive tools. It begins with knowing who has access, what devices are used, where data lives, how backups work, and how staff respond to risk.

Accounts and access

  • List who has access to email, website, hosting, social media, systems, and devices
  • Remove old staff access and unused administrator accounts
  • Use strong passwords and multi-factor authentication where possible
Devices and software

  • Check computers, phones, routers, printers, and shared devices
  • Update operating systems, browsers, antivirus, and key business software
  • Track who owns each device and what it is used for
Backups and recovery

  • Identify important files, systems, emails, websites, and databases
  • Confirm backup location, frequency, and who can restore data
  • Test recovery before a problem happens
Website and hosting

  • Check domain, hosting, SSL, admin users, plugins, forms, and backups
  • Remove unused plugins, weak passwords, and unknown admin accounts
  • Confirm who receives form messages and security alerts
Staff and daily habits

  • Train staff to recognize suspicious links, payment changes, and login requests
  • Use approval steps for payments, procurement, supplier changes, and sensitive data
  • Create a simple process for reporting security concerns quickly
Sensitive information

  • Know where client, student, patient, donor, supplier, or staff data is stored
  • Limit who can view, edit, export, or delete sensitive information
  • Prepare basic rules for sharing files, passwords, and documents

Useful for everyday organizations

This guide is for SMEs, schools, clinics, NGOs, offices, and institutions that want to reduce avoidable risk around accounts, websites, devices, business systems, procurement, and sensitive data.

Send Necuva these basics

  • 1Number of users, devices, branches, systems, email accounts, and websites.
  • 2Current antivirus, hosting, backups, admin access, and known security concerns.
  • 3Whether data includes clients, students, patients, donors, staff, or suppliers.
  • 4Urgency, budget range, and whether you need review, setup, training, or tools.

Need help reviewing your setup?

Send Necuva your current concern, device count, website/hosting setup, account access issues, or backup situation. We will help clarify the next step.

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