Farm Cybersecurity Planning Guide

Farms and agricultural businesses depend on email, financial accounts, connected equipment, cameras, networks, and cloud services. This practical checklist helps you identify the controls worth reviewing first.

Accounts and Email

• Use unique passwords and multi-factor authentication for email, banking, accounting, and administrator accounts.
• Remove accounts that are no longer needed and avoid shared administrator logins.
• Confirm payment or bank-detail changes using a known phone number, not only an email reply.

Devices, Networks, and Backups

• Keep computers, phones, network equipment, and connected devices inventoried and updated.
• Separate guest or untrusted devices from business systems where practical.
• Review backup job status and test that critical data can be restored.
• Document who to call and what to disconnect if suspicious activity or ransomware appears.

A checklist is a starting point, not a guarantee. A Practical Tech Checkup can help translate these items into priorities for your operation.