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A cyber-security starting point for London’s smallest businesses
The National Cyber Security Centre’s Cyber Action Toolkit is aimed at helping smaller organisations take practical steps. It is a starting point for action, not a security certificate.
Start with an ordinary working risk
A sole trader or small team can begin with the accounts and devices the business actually depends on.
Follow the official toolkit rather than treating a generic checklist copied from an unknown site as an audit.
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Give each action an owner
A recommendation only helps when someone completes it and knows how it will be maintained.
Record the task, the person responsible and the next review. Do not place passwords, recovery codes or customer records in a public progress document.
Know the boundary
Using the toolkit does not prove a system has been penetration-tested or make an incident impossible.
If a live compromise is suspected, follow the NCSC’s relevant incident guidance rather than waiting to finish a general improvement exercise.
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