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Cyber Insurance & Ransomware Readiness Checklist

The controls insurers and ransomware crews actually look at - in plain English.

Built from real insurer renewal questionnaires, NIST SP 800-171 controls, and published incident case studies. Use it as a study guide, a class exercise, or a renewal walkthrough. Printable.

52 control items grouped by what insurers ask first
Ransomware-specific section: pre-event, during, recovery
Evidence-collection prompts beside every item
Maps loosely to NIST CSF, CIS v8, and SP 800-171

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What's Inside

Identity & Access

MFA coverage, conditional access, privileged-account hygiene, legacy auth.

Endpoint & EDR

Coverage %, isolation capability, 24/7 monitoring proof, response runbook.

Backups & Recovery

Immutable backups, offline copies, tested restore time, ransomware playbook.

External Exposure

RDP/SMB on the internet, VPN posture, cert hygiene, attack-surface review cadence.

Email & Phishing

DMARC/DKIM/SPF, attachment sandboxing, awareness training, BEC controls.

Vendor & Supply Chain

Third-party access review, MSP authorization, software inventory.

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