Managed IT · March 2025

Spring-clean your IT: the systems audit every small office should do

Spring is a natural moment to clear out the digital clutter that quietly piles up all year.

Just like the supply closet, your IT accumulates junk, and some of it is risky. A short annual audit catches problems before they become incidents.

The checklist

  • Accounts: remove logins for people who have left and trim admin rights to who truly needs them
  • Hardware: list anything too old to receive security updates and plan replacements
  • Backups: confirm they run, and actually test a restore, see backup & recovery
  • Updates: make sure automatic updates are on across devices
  • Software: uninstall what you no longer use; every app is a potential door

Make it a habit

Once a year, on a date you will remember, beats never. Organizations on a managed plan get this continuously instead of as a scramble, but any audit is better than none.

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