Cyber Security Risk Mitigation Checklist

A plain-language checklist of the controls most organisations need to reduce cyber risk, with a one-line rationale for every control so you can explain to management why it matters — and a risk register to turn the gaps into decisions.

What is inside

Cyber Security Risk Mitigation Checklist — 80 controls in 10 risk areas: risk management programme, policy, personnel and training, operations, secure development, physical security, third-party relationships, network, platform and application layer. Mark each control In place, Partial or Missing.

Cyber Risk Register Template — likelihood and impact scales, a 5 × 5 rating method, a register with two worked examples, and a treatment plan.

Both documents as a designed, print-ready PDF and as an editable Word file.

Who it is for

IT and security managers, risk and compliance officers, business owners and consultants — especially small and medium-sized organisations building a cyber risk programme for the first time.

How to use it

Complete the checklist, move every Partial or Missing control into the risk register, rate likelihood and impact, and decide whether to reduce, avoid, share or accept each risk. Report the top risks — not the whole list — to management, with the decision you need from them.