Small Business IT Policy Starter Kit

5 policies. 2 checklists. Ready to customize today. Saves you 40+ hours of researching, drafting, and formatting.

Special Offer: Get the complete $99 Starter Kit for just $59 for a limited time.

You don't need a 40-page enterprise compliance document. You need IT policies your team can actually understand, implement, and follow. This Starter Kit gives you the exact documents a small business needs — written in plain English, delivered as editable Word documents and fillable PDFs, with step-by-step implementation instructions for each one.

What's Included

The 5 Policies (each delivered as a .docx file you can edit, brand, and deploy immediately):

• AI Usage Policy — The policy every business needs and almost nobody has. Approved AI tools, data privacy rules, and mandatory disclosure requirements. Clear guardrails for the tools your team is already using.
• Password Policy — Minimum standards, MFA requirements, password manager guidance, and shared account rules. Written for humans, not security engineers.
• Acceptable Use Policy — What employees can and can't do on company devices, networks, and accounts. Covers personal use, social media, software installation, and data handling.
• BYOD Policy — Personal device rules for email, files, and company data access. Device requirements, lost device procedures, and offboarding when someone leaves.
• Remote Work Policy — Home network security, video call privacy, physical document handling, and equipment expectations. Built for distributed teams, not corporate offices.

The 2 Checklists:

• Employee Security Checklist — One page. Ten habits that stop 90% of incidents. New hires sign it on Day 1.
• IT Onboarding Checklist — Account creation, access levels, equipment setup, and security training. A repeatable process whether you hire one person a year or one a month.

Every policy comes with:

• The policy itself — ready to customize with your company name and logo.
• A plain-English summary your team can read and understand in five minutes.
• Implementation instructions — who needs to sign it, where to store it, when to review it.

Who This Is For

• Small businesses (5–100 employees) that need documented IT policies for cyber insurance, vendor security questionnaires, or client requirements.
• The person who "handles IT" — even though that's not their actual job — and doesn't have 40 hours to write policies from scratch.
• Solo IT professionals at small companies who know what needs to be in these policies but don't have time to draft them.
• Business owners who want to get compliant without hiring a consultant.

Who This Is NOT For

• Enterprise companies with dedicated compliance and legal teams (these policies are built for small business reality — not 500-employee complexity).
• Organizations in highly regulated industries requiring certified compliance documentation (PCI DSS, HIPAA, etc. — these policies align with NIST and CIS Controls but are not certified for specific regulatory frameworks).

Why is this normally $99?

Because the alternatives are worse.

Free templates from SANS, CIS, or NIST are 40-page documents written for Fortune 500 compliance teams — you'll spend 20 hours cutting bloat before you can use them. Hiring a cybersecurity consultant starts at $2,000 and goes up from there. Etsy bundles cost less, but there's no name, no credentials, and no implementation guidance behind them.

$99 is less than one hour of a consultant's time. At the $59 promotional price, it is an absolute no-brainer to protect your business.

About the Author

30 years in IT — from help desk technician to CIO/CISO.

These aren't theoretical templates adapted from a textbook. They're the real policies I've written, deployed, and refined at companies from 15 employees to 5,000. These are the exact governance standards I use to secure networks, block malicious PowerShell scripts across Windows domains, and recover environments from active ransomware attacks on encrypted ESXi servers. They are stripped of the enterprise bloat and built for real-world survival.

FAQ

Are these really editable? Yes. Every policy is a .docx file. Change the company name, and adjust any rules that don't fit your business. Nothing is locked.

I'm not technical. Can I use these? That's exactly who this kit was built for. Every policy includes a plain-English summary. The implementation instructions don't assume any IT background.

What if a policy doesn't apply to my business? Skip it. No remote workers? Skip Remote Work. Nobody uses personal devices? Skip BYOD. Use only what you need.

Is this PCI / HIPAA / SOC 2 compliant? These policies align with NIST and CIS Controls frameworks and will satisfy most vendor questionnaires and cyber insurance requirements. But no downloadable template can guarantee compliance with a specific regulation. If you're in a regulated industry, have an attorney or compliance professional review your final versions.

Can I share these with other companies? No. This is a single-company license. Customize and use within your own business forever. No resale or redistribution.

What if I need a policy not in the kit? Reach out. I'm building additional policies based on customer requests, and I answer my own emails.7 policies. 2 checklists. Ready to customize today.

You don't need a 40-page enterprise compliance document. You need IT policies your team can understand, implement, and follow. This Starter Kit gives you the seven policies and two checklists a small business actually needs — written in plain English, delivered as editable Word documents and PDF fillable, with step-by-step implementation instructions for each one.

What's Included

The 7 Policies (each delivered as a .docx file you can edit, brand, and deploy immediately):

• Password Policy — Minimum standards, MFA requirements, password manager guidance, shared account rules. Written for humans, not security engineers.
• Acceptable Use Policy — What employees can and can't do on company devices, networks, and accounts. Covers personal use, social media, software installation, and data handling.
• AI Usage Policy — The policy every business needs and almost nobody has. Approved AI tools, data privacy rules, mandatory disclosure requirements. Clear guardrails for tools your team is already using.
• BYOD Policy — Personal device rules for email, files, and company data access. Device requirements, lost device procedures, and offboarding when someone leaves.
• Remote Work Policy — Home network security. Video call privacy. Physical document handling. Equipment expectations. Built for distributed teams, not corporate offices.
• Employee Security Checklist — One page. Ten habits that stop 90% of incidents. New hires sign it on Day 1.
• IT Onboarding Checklist — Account creation. Access levels. Equipment setup. Security training. A repeatable process whether you hire one person a year or one a month.

Every policy comes with:

• The policy itself — ready to customize with your company name and logo
• A plain-English summary your team can read and understand in five minutes
• Implementation instructions — who needs to sign it, where to store it, when to review it

Who This Is For

• Small businesses (5–100 employees) that need documented IT policies for cyber insurance, vendor security questionnaires, or client requirements
• The person who "handles IT" — even though that's not their actual job — and doesn't have 40 hours to write policies from scratch
• Solo IT professionals at small companies who know what needs to be in these policies but don't have time to draft them
• Business owners who want to get compliant without hiring a consultant

Who This Is NOT For

• Enterprise companies with dedicated compliance and legal teams (these policies are built for small business reality — not 500-employee complexity)
• Organizations in highly regulated industries requiring certified compliance documentation (PCI DSS, HIPAA, etc. — these policies align with NIST and CIS Controls but are not certified for specific regulatory frameworks)

Why $59?

Because the alternatives are worse.

Free templates from SANS, CIS, or NIST are 40-page documents written for Fortune 500 compliance teams — you'll spend 20 hours cutting bloat before you can use them. Hiring a cybersecurity consultant starts at $2,000 and goes up from there. Etsy bundles cost less, but there's no name, no credentials, and no implementation guidance behind them.

$59 is less than one hour of a consultant's time. And you get policies you can use for the life of your business.

About the Author

30 years in IT — from help desk technician to CIO/CISO.

These aren't theoretical templates adapted from a textbook. They're the real policies I've written, deployed, and refined at companies from 15 employees to 5,000 — stripped of the enterprise bloat that doesn't apply to small businesses.

FAQ

Are these really editable? Yes. Every policy is a .docx file. Change the company name, and any rules that don't fit your business. Nothing is locked.

I'm not technical. Can I use these? That's who this kit was built for. Every policy includes a plain-English summary. The implementation instructions don't assume any IT background.

What if a policy doesn't apply to my business? Skip it. No remote workers? Skip Remote Work. Nobody uses personal devices? Skip BYOD. Use what you need.

Is this PCI / HIPAA / SOC 2 compliant? These policies align with NIST and CIS Controls frameworks and will satisfy most vendor questionnaires and cyber insurance requirements. But no downloadable template can guarantee compliance with a specific regulation. If you're in a regulated industry, have an attorney or compliance professional review your final versions.

Can I share these with other companies? No. Single-company license. Customize and use within your own business forever. No resale or redistribution.

What if I need a policy not in the kit? Reach out. I'm building additional policies based on customer requests and I answer my own emails.