Use Checklists

Cyber security checklists are essential for minimizing risks. Using a well-designed, straightforward, and effective checklist can help you prevent costly and avoidable security mistakes.

In many mature professions, checklists are a mandatory tool to minimize the likelihood of disaster. For example, the aviation, medical surgery, and engineering fields—including the automotive and rail industries—all rely on checklists to prevent catastrophic failures.

A great collection of proven open checklist are collected in the Open Security Reference Architecture.