Evidence Checklist (Internal)

Identity & Access

  • Admin roles list
  • MFA enforcement screenshot/config
  • Guest/externals settings

Email/Collaboration

  • Anti-phishing settings
  • SPF record result (present/missing, obvious syntax issues)
  • DMARC record result and policy (none, quarantine, reject)
  • DMARC reporting mailbox (rua / ruf) configured or missing
  • DKIM selector result (known selector/provider, resolvable or not)
  • MX provider snapshot
  • External forwarding controls
  • Gmail Postmaster / SNDS / Yahoo CFL status for bulk senders
  • Sharing defaults snapshot

Endpoints

  • Inventory counts
  • Patch posture snapshot
  • Encryption posture snapshot

Backups/Restore

  • Coverage/job list snapshot
  • Retention snapshot
  • Restore test:
    • start time
    • end time
    • result
    • blockers

Ops readiness

  • Incident roles/contact tree
  • Vendor escalation path
  • Documentation/runbook snapshot

Evidence rules

  • Capture just enough to support claims
  • Sanitize: blur names/emails/IDs where needed