Planning checklist ยท reviewed 16 October 2026
Keep the recovery decisions together.
Use these questions for your own notes. This page does not inspect the website, collect answers or establish that a site is secure.
Before the review
- Identify the person who owns the website and can authorize work.
- List the affected public sites and the hosting provider.
- Record the symptoms and approximate times already observed.
- Keep any provider notice or existing screenshot privately.
- Note recent changes without treating them as a confirmed cause.
Before changing the website
- Agree on the scope and the systems outside it.
- Identify available site copies, backup dates and relevant records.
- Agree how information and access will be handled privately.
- Decide how visitors and the business will be protected during the work.
- Record the proposed recovery approach and provider dependencies.
Before returning the site to service
- Repeat the affected page and navigation checks.
- Check important sign-in, form or commerce tasks using an agreed safe method.
- Verify the chosen restore on an appropriate separate copy where practical.
- Record any unresolved warning, provider review or missing evidence.
- Confirm who can approve the return to service.
At handoff
- Keep the findings, changes and test results together.
- Record what could not be verified.
- Name the owner for updates, backups and monitoring.
- Agree on any further review or maintenance.
Send a general inquiry if you need help turning these questions into a review. Keep private records out of the public form.