AI Readiness Assessment
Ensure your organization is secure, structured, and ready for AI
Before employees begin using Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Claude, or other AI tools, organizations need to understand what information these platforms can access, surface, and expose.
Our AI Readiness Assessment helps identify security risks, improve governance, and prepare your organization for safe, responsible AI adoption.
Most organizations aren’t ready for enterprise AI—even if they think they are.
As AI adoption accelerates, many organizations discover their biggest risks aren’t the AI tools themselves—they’re the data and permissions already in place.
Common risks we uncover:
- Overshared files across SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, and file servers
- Excessive user permissions and inconsistent access controls
- Sensitive legal, financial, HR, and customer information exposed to broad audiences
- Poor data governance and content lifecycle management
- Unmanaged AI usage (“Shadow AI”) across the organization
- Lack of AI governance policies and acceptable use guidelines
- Missing security controls for protecting sensitive information
AI doesn’t create most data risks—it exposes the ones that already exist.
What the Assessment Covers
Our structured assessment evaluates your organization’s readiness for secure AI adoption.
AI Readiness & Governance
- Current AI usage across the organization
- AI policies and governance framework
- Acceptable use recommendations
- Organizational AI maturity
Data Access & Permissions Analysis
- Who has access to what
- Oversharing and excessive permissions
- High-risk repositories
- Data exposure assessment
Security & Compliance Review
- Identity and access management
- Multi-factor authentication
- Conditional Access
- Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
- Sensitivity labels
- Compliance control
Data Governance Assessment
- SharePoint structure
- Microsoft Teams organization
- OneDrive governance
- File lifecycle management
- Data retention practices
AI Platform Readiness
Evaluation of your Microsoft 365 environment and overall data architecture to support secure deployment of AI platforms including Microsoft 365 Copilot and other enterprise AI solutions.
Risk Prioritization
- Executive risk summary
- Critical findings
- Recommended remediation priorities
- Phased implementation roadmap
What You’ll Recieve
- Executive AI Readiness Report
- Security and governance risk assessment
- Prioritized remediation roadmap
- AI governance recommendations
- Data security improvement plan
- Best practices for secure AI adoption
- Strategic guidance for future AI initiatives
Who Is This For
This assessment is ideal for organizations that are:
- Planning to deploy AI across the business
- Evaluating Microsoft 365 Copilot, ChatGPT Enterprise, Gemini, Claude, or similar platforms
- Concerned about data security and AI-related risks
- Unsure who has access to sensitive information
- Looking to establish AI governance before broad adoption
- Required to meet cybersecurity, compliance, or regulatory requirements
Don’t deploy AI into an unprepared environment.
Why Onward Technologies
We don’t just identify risks—we help you eliminate them.
Our team combines cybersecurity expertise, Microsoft 365 experience, and practical governance strategies to prepare your organization for long-term AI success.
Why organizations choose Onward Technologies
- AI-agnostic approach focused on your business goals
- Cybersecurity-first methodology
- Deep Microsoft 365 and cloud expertise
- Data governance and compliance experience
- Practical, actionable recommendations
- End-to-end implementation support
- Ongoing AI governance and optimization services
Looking Beyond Readiness?
An assessment is just the beginning. Whether you're exploring AI for the first time or planning a broader enterprise AI strategy, Onward Technologies provides end-to-end AI consulting services to help you securely implement, govern, and optimize AI across your organization.
From AI strategy and governance to secure deployment, policy development, and ongoing optimization, our experts help you turn AI into a competitive advantage—without increasing business risk.
Ready to take the next step? Explore our **AI Consulting Services** to learn how we can support your AI journey from strategy through implementation.