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Tools you can use in the next meeting.

Short, printable checklists that tell you whether you have a problem and what it is likely to cost you. No 40 page whitepapers. Each one takes about 20 minutes and ends with a straight result.

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Cyber Essentials

Would you pass Cyber Essentials?

Twenty four checks across the five controls an assessor tests. Find out before you pay for the assessment, not after you fail it.

20 minutes · PDF
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Buying IT

Is this IT quote fair?

Twenty questions to put against any IT or software quote before you sign. Find out where the cost is hiding while you can still say no.

20 minutes · PDF
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Contracts

Would you sign this IT contract?

Twenty clauses that cost small firms money in IT support and software contracts. Check whether yours has them before it renews.

30 minutes · PDF
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Bespoke software

Is your brief ready for a developer?

Twenty checks on a software or app brief before it goes out for quotes. Find out why quotes come back miles apart, before you ask for them.

20 minutes · PDF
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Backups

Would your backups actually restore?

Twenty checks asked from the restore side. Find out whether you could get the business running again, not just whether a backup ran.

20 minutes · PDF
How they work

A straight answer, in twenty minutes.

Each sheet asks the questions an independent adviser would ask in the room. You tick Yes, No or Not sure, count up, and the last page tells you what the count means for your business.

  • Plain English. Written for owners and managers, not IT people.
  • Honest. Some sheets will tell you that you are fine. That is a good result too.
  • Yours to keep. Print them, share them, use them every year.

Get your checklist

Pick a sheet and tell me where to send it. The PDF is yours straight away. One follow-up email a week later to ask how you got on, and nothing else.

Your details are used to send this sheet and one follow-up. They are never sold or passed on.

Here is your sheet

Print it, sit down with whoever looks after that part of the business, and tick honestly. Your result is on the last page.

Download the PDF

Got your numbers? Email them to [email protected] and you get a straight answer within one working day.

Ready when you are

Want it sorted, not just checked?

Tell me what the sheet turned up and I will tell you, in plain English, what it takes to fix.

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