March 4th, 2010
We polled IT professionals from the ForeSite team and beyond to determine what key things every business owner, director of a school or nonprofit should know about their network. The goal was to create a checklist that will help "nontechnical" people who have the ultimate responsibility of making technology related business decisions and protecting sensitive data to better understand what questions to ask of their IT professionals - whether you rely on an internal IT staff or a technology firm.
Some of the questions are obvious, such as "Is your critical data being backed up?" and "Do you know important passwords?". But there were also questions that could be eye-opening, such as "what remote access is being allowed?".
We hope this checklist will help you to get the information you need to make informed decisions about your network.
