Pick the one thing in front of you, and start there.
That might be a customer asking for Cyber Essentials, a questionnaire landing in your inbox, or a complaint about personal data. The rest can wait its turn.
This is a printable checklist for UK sole traders and small business owners. It covers six topics, each tied to the moment that might prompt it:
- Start with your own accounts
- When a customer asks for Cyber Essentials
- When a customer sends a security questionnaire
- When your cyber insurance proposal form arrives
- Plan your first hour after an incident
- When someone makes a data protection complaint
Each topic has a few first checks you can do yourself, with pointers to guidance from the NCSC and the ICO. Where you want to go further, it names the Secordit kit for that job.
What it isn't
It's a starting point, not a security assessment. Working through it doesn't mean your business is secure or ready for anything in particular, and it isn't legal or insurance advice.
Secordit isn't part of the government, the NCSC or the ICO, and none of them has reviewed this checklist.
Format
PDF, A4, printable. Digital download, so there's nothing posted to you.
