SME Cyber Checklist
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What do you really need to do right to reduce your Cyber risks?
Every year, ODUM.digital conducts a cyber check on our SME clients to create awareness about security maturity. We encourage the client and IT partners to take action.
This list is a selection of the TOP 10-25 pragmatic and actionable security best practices focused on SMEs, formatted based on feedback from the community.
We would like to share our template so that you too can get started and get a picture of your cyber maturity in less than 3 hours . ..
30 Cyber Checks
- Backup your data
- Enforce 2-factor authentication everywhere
- Activate cloud Email protection
- Keep your systems up-to-date
- End-point protection
- Never send passwords in free text
- Encrypt your devices
- Invest in regular end-user awareness & training
- Activate SSO for corporate SaaS apps
- Use a password vault & manager
- Configure e-mail authentication and DNS security
- Centrally manage your end-points
- Don’t use a local file server
- Make your end-points zero-trust
- Cyber Risk Insurance
- Use a cloud-based Web Application Firewall (WAF)
- Take a regular look at your Microsoft Security Score
- Work with an MSP who managed your infra, and a 2nd partner specialized in cybersecurity
- Don’t assume Azure/AWS is going to govern itself
- Secure your Corporate WIFI
- Backup important SaaS/cloud resources
- Protect your network access from unauthorized access
- Split your IT and OT network
- Hire an external CISO
- Launch a bounty platform for ethical hackers
- Invest in a SoC
- Privileged Access Management
- Secure Web Gateway
- Firewall logs & Security Rating
- Limit Traffic from High-Risk Regions
Download the checklist and get started yourself!
The document includes practical tips and examples of solutions.
