Contractor Cybersecurity Checklist

Free PDF · 5 pages · Printable checklist

Start a practical conversation about protecting your construction business. Use this checklist with the people responsible for office systems, field devices, project information and vendor payments.

Who it helps: Contractors, construction business owners, operations and office managers, and the internal IT team or provider supporting them.

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What is inside?

The checklist covers 16 topic sections and a final action list:

• People and field work: phishing awareness, reporting suspicious messages, physical security and device inventory.
• Access and networks: remote access, multifactor authentication, role-based permissions and application controls.
• Data and detection: protecting files, backups and restore testing, DNS filtering, and questions about monitoring and response.
• Microsoft 365 and servers: account protection, security settings, data loss prevention and server hardening.
• Planning and accountability: choosing a security partner, incident response and reviewing the next actions.

How to use it with your team

1. Review each item together. Ask your IT lead or provider what is already in place and what evidence supports that answer.
2. Record gaps and questions. Use notes beside the checklist or a separate action log. Some controls depend on your software, licenses and business requirements.
3. Assign priorities and owners. Decide who will investigate or implement each change, then set a review date.

Use it as a discussion aid, not a security audit or a certification checklist. Technical changes should be planned and tested for your environment. Completing the list does not establish NIST or CMMC compliance.

Turn questions into next steps

Bring your top concerns to a free 15-minute IT Priorities Call. After the call, receive a brief written follow-up with priorities and recommended next steps. No cost, no obligation to purchase and no system access required. Technical assessments are separately scoped.

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