Preparation resources

Practitioner Guides and Checklists

Prepare the questions, records and system owners for a useful discussion with an expert. Read fifteen full practitioner guides and checklists, or download the editable five-checklist workbook with explanations, evidence examples, follow-up steps and source references.

Download all five checklists

Discuss Engaging an Expert

OT Security Assessment Preparation

Prepare the scope, records and decisions for an OT security review. Covers selected program, architecture, access, change and recovery topics.

32 questions. NIST SP 800-82 Rev. 3, final.

Could You Restore Your OT System?

Gather the digital, physical and procedural dependencies needed to restore selected OT functions.

12 questions. NIST SP 1339, final, June 2026.

Water and Wastewater Remote Access Review

Review selected decisions and controls for remote access using the guide's sector-specific considerations and product-agnostic architectures.

14 questions. NIST SP 1800-45, final, June 2026.

Incident Response and Evidence Readiness

Prepare the decisions, access, records and recovery arrangements needed for a cybersecurity incident. Uses selected CSF 2.0 outcomes from the incident-response profile.

18 questions. NIST SP 800-61 Rev. 3 and CSF 2.0.

Media Sanitization and Equipment Retirement

Prepare a risk-based sanitization program and the records needed to explain decisions about reuse, transfer and disposal.

14 questions. NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2, with July 2026 FAQ.