The Veterinary Practice cyber-readiness checklist.
A fillable checklist that gives your practice a PIMS-ransomware-resistant baseline, the verification procedure that stops fake-distributor-invoice payments, and everything your cyber insurer asks at renewal — in one document. Built for practices without an IT department.
What's inside
Six sections — built for the three things that actually hurt vet practices.
Each section is fillable, lists the evidence to keep on file, and lines up with what a cyber-insurance carrier will ask at renewal. The checklist is short enough for a practice owner to work through with the front-desk lead in one afternoon.
- 1Practice profile, PIMS & payment processor
- 2PIMS-ransomware-resistant baseline (8 controls)
- 3Distributor-invoice-fraud verification procedure
- 4Cyber-insurance questionnaire prep
- 5Tabletop exercise & annual review log
- 6Practice owner / Qualified Individual sign-off
The checklist is a printable web document. Use your browser's Print → Save as PDF to keep an offline copy.
Why this matters
No HIPAA equivalent. No room to wing it.
Your insurer is the regulator
There's no HIPAA equivalent for veterinary medicine — but your cyber insurer's controls questionnaire has become the de facto standard. Misrepresent any answer and a claim can be reduced or denied.
Ransomware against PIMS is the headline threat
Practices can't check in patients, pull medical histories, or process payments when Cornerstone, AVImark, or ezyVet is locked. Recovery without good backups runs days to weeks.
Distributor-invoice fraud is the quiet money loss
Accounts pay a familiar distributor — to a freshly-changed bank account. One redirected payment can cost a practice five figures before anyone notices. The verification procedure stops this.
Want the controls behind the checklist?
Kapacyber runs the day-to-day security operations behind every row of this checklist — MFA on your PIMS and email, EDR on every workstation, immutable offsite backups tested for restorability, distributor-fraud-aware training, and an incident response plan ready for a Saturday-morning lockout.