THE CCIE DESK

The Small Business Cybersecurity Toolkit

The free templates

Every template from the book as an editable Word or Excel file: the self-scoring assessment, the inventory workbook, four policies, five checklists, the supplier questionnaire and the 90-day tracker.

In the ZIP

What you get

Assess and plan

A self-scoring 25-question assessment mapped to NIST CSF 2.0 and CIS Controls v8.1, an asset and data inventory workbook, and the 90-day plan tracker.

Policies

Information security policy, acceptable use policy with one-page staff rules, password and MFA standard, and remote work and personal devices policy.

Checklists and forms

Backup and recovery, joiners and leavers, the supplier security questionnaire, the incident contact sheet and the monthly security checklist.

Unzip, open in Word and Excel (or Google Docs and Sheets, Pages and Numbers, LibreOffice), replace everything in [square brackets] with your own details, and delete what doesn't apply. The book explains how to adapt and roll out each one. General information, not legal advice.

The books

Protect your business

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AI at Work

AI Policy for Small Business

Employee rules, approved tools and governance for ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini and Claude, with the EU AI Act and US state laws explained and 12 free templates.

  • Traffic-light rules staff remember
  • EU AI Act and US laws explained
  • 12 templates, 30-day rollout

Kindle $9.99Paperback $22.99

Coming soon to Amazon

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Security

The Small Business Cybersecurity Toolkit

Policies, checklists and a 90-day plan to protect your company from ransomware, fraud and data breaches, with 12 free Word and Excel templates.

  • The controls that stop most attacks
  • 12 ready-to-use templates
  • A 13-week plan for any budget

Kindle $9.99Paperback $24.99

Coming soon to Amazon

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Security

Cyber Incident Response Tabletop Exercises

12 ready-to-run scenarios, from ransomware and invoice fraud to deepfakes and AI chatbots, with free printable inject cards.

  • Ransomware, fraud, deepfakes, AI
  • Timed injects and facilitator notes
  • Free printable inject cards

Kindle $9.99Paperback $24.99

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