Basic Incident Readiness Checklist

Best For

• ▸Businesses that have no incident response plan and want a practical starting point
• ▸Organizations that need a usable checklist rather than a dense policy document
• ▸Companies whose cyber insurance requires evidence of incident response readiness
• ▸Small teams that want clear roles and phone numbers defined before an emergency

What Is Included

• ✓Incident classification guide with realistic examples for your business
• ✓Defined roles: incident commander, communications lead, and technical lead
• ✓Emergency contact list template covering insurance, legal, IT, and law enforcement
• ✓Step-by-step containment procedures for email compromise, ransomware, breach, and outage
• ✓Containment checklist covering isolate, preserve, notify, and begin recovery
• ✓Post-incident review template for lessons learned and improvements

What You Get

• →A customized first-response checklist your team can execute under pressure
• →Clear roles, ownership, and escalation contacts defined before an incident happens
• →Faster containment in the critical first hour when decisions matter most
• →Incident-readiness documentation accepted by cyber insurance applications

What Is Not Included

• —Hardware, licenses, subscriptions, permits, or third-party service fees unless explicitly included
• —Major remediation beyond the purchased scope
• —Emergency after-hours response unless the emergency product is purchased
• —Legal, tax, insurance, or regulatory advice
• —Credential collection through public forms

Customer Prerequisites

• ⓘAuthorized decision maker approval
• ⓘA contact person who can answer business and technical questions
• ⓘSafe access coordination when admin work is required
• ⓘPermission to document findings and recommendations

Questions We Will Ask

To get started, we will ask about:

• Business name*

  Legal or public-facing business name.

• Primary contact name*

  Main person Maine Cyber Tech should coordinate with.

• Primary contact email*

  Used for scheduling, service updates, and deliverables.

• Best phone number

  Useful for urgent, onsite, or access-sensitive work.

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