Cybersecurity audit checklist for SMEs

A useful audit fits in a table: finding, risk, owner, date. If the deliverable cannot be approved in a 30-minute committee, there is too much theatre. Minimum list Inventory: laptops, servers, clouds, remote access. Identity: MFA, administrators, leftover accounts. Backup: they exist, they are isolated, they were restored this quarter. Endpoint: agent present, updated, operated. People: phishing and payment/IBAN-change processes. Incident: who calls, at what hour, with what account. How to use it Mark critical / important / later. Do not try to close 40 items in a week. A professional cybersecurity audit cuts scope and leaves you that table; the free diagnostic is the first cut. After the checklist Gaps usually fall into managed EDR, backups, or NIS2 compliance. Pick one layer, not three disconnected tools. Securiza720 covers continuous operations once the map is clear.