Free printable IT checklists for small businesses
Practical, plain-language checklists for the moments that catch businesses off guard: a ransomware attack, an employee leaving, an office move, or a customer asking for EcoVadis evidence. Each one tells you what to do, why, and who should do it, and every legal or technical claim links to its source.
Which checklist do you need right now?
Pick the situation you are in. Each checklist opens in your browser, saves your progress on your device and prints cleanly.
First 24 hours · 21 stepsRansomware: the first 24 hoursHour-by-hour steps for the first day after ransomware or a suspected breach: what to unplug, who to call, and what to report.
Before, on and after the last day · 23 stepsEmployee offboarding IT checklistEverything to revoke, recover and transfer when someone leaves: accounts, MFA, shared passwords, email, devices, keys and licenses.
From signing the lease to the first week in the new space · 26 stepsOffice move IT checklistThe IT plan for moving or opening an office: internet orders, phones, cabling, Wi-Fi, cameras, cutover weekend and testing.
Before you start the questionnaire · 21 stepsEcoVadis IT evidence checklistThe IT and data security documents to gather before an EcoVadis assessment or a large customer’s security questionnaire.
How do these checklists work?
They are free and ungated. Use them on screen, on a phone in the server room, or printed in a binder.
Check items off as you go
Every step says what to do, why it matters and who usually does it, with a progress bar so you can see what is left.
Your progress is saved in your browser
Close the page and come back later on the same device. Nothing is sent to us and there is nothing to sign up for.
Print it or save it as a PDF
Each checklist prints as a clean, blank copy with checkboxes, ready for a binder, a wall or the front of a server closet.
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Rather have someone else run the checklist?
Preferred Data Corporation has supported businesses from High Point, NC since 1987. Tell us what is going on and we will tell you what to do first.
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