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The website security checklist

12 essentials to protect your small business website.

Your website, domain and email are some of your most valuable business assets, and keeping them safe is mostly about good habits. This free checklist covers 12 essentials, based on guidance from the NCSC and the ICO, that any small business can work through. It's free, and it takes about a minute to get.

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  • Logins and access
  • Updates and backups
  • Your domain and email
  • Know what to do
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What's inside

4 sections, 12 tick boxes

Work through it in order, or jump to the parts that matter most to you.

Section 1

Logins and access

Lock down who can sign in, and how, across your website, hosting, domain and email.

Section 2

Updates and backups

Keep your website software up to date and make sure you have tested backups stored separately.

Section 3

Your domain and email

Protect your domain name from expiring or being taken, and stop criminals sending email in your name.

Section 4

Know what to do

Know who to call, when the law says you must report a breach, and where to find free official help.

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