Quick IT Check
How well is your IT currently set up?
Find out in a few minutes how stable, secure, and transparent your IT currently is. The check provides an initial orientation and shows which areas may have weaknesses or potential for improvement.
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Is there an up-to-date overview of devices, users, licences, systems, and important access credentials?
This refers to comprehensible documentation that would allow another person to understand which IT systems exist in the organisation.
Is it known which systems, applications, and service providers are truly critical to ongoing operations?
This includes, for example, internet, email, servers, cloud services, ERP, merchandise management, accounting, time tracking, telephony, or specialised software.
Are important data regularly backed up and does at least one backup exist outside the main location or outside the primary system?
A backup is only truly helpful when it is created regularly, protected, and can actually be restored in an emergency. A copy in a separate location or system reduces risk from hardware failure, theft, fire, or ransomware.
Has it ever been tested whether data can actually be restored from existing backups?
Many backups appear to be in place but have never been practically tested. The key question is whether a restore would actually work in an emergency.
Is it known how long your business could continue operating without core systems such as internet, email, ERP, accounting, or file access?
This is not about perfect contingency plans, but about a realistic understanding of the most important dependencies and acceptable downtime.
Is there a clear policy that important access points are protected beyond just a password, for example through MFA or comparable multi-factor authentication?
This is particularly relevant for email, cloud services, admin accounts, remote access, accounting, ERP, banking, and other central systems.
Is it clearly defined who may access which systems and data, and how access is managed when employees join or leave?
Admin rights, external service providers, shared accounts, and former employees are particularly important here.
Is there a secure and comprehensible policy for passwords, admin accounts, and particularly sensitive access credentials?
This includes, for example, password managers, separate admin accounts, no shared passwords, and clear accountability.
Do you have a transparent view of your ongoing IT costs, contracts, licences, and service providers?
This includes software licences, cloud services, maintenance contracts, domains, hosting, telephony, support, hardware leasing, and external providers.
Is it clearly defined who is responsible for IT issues and how urgent matters are escalated?
This covers internal contacts, external service providers, response paths, and priorities for significant incidents.
Could a new internal or external IT responsible person take over your environment based on existing documentation?
When knowledge exists only in individual minds, it creates risk during illness, holidays, role changes, or growth.
Are there recurring manual tasks that regularly consume time and could potentially be automated or simplified?
Examples include Excel spreadsheets, manual data transfers, recurring reports, duplicate data entry, ordering processes, or invoicing workflows.
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