An Assess Technologies IT audit is an objective, executive-level review of your systems, security, backups, vendors, and processes — delivered as a clear written report with prioritized, costed recommendations. It tells you exactly where you stand and what to fix first. It’s the low-commitment first step that often becomes a longer relationship: an IT audit is how our flagship municipal engagement began.
What an IT audit covers
- Security & risk — endpoint protection, ransomware exposure, access controls, and policy gaps.
- Backups & disaster recovery — are backups real, tested, offsite, and recoverable?
- Infrastructure & cloud — hardware, servers, network, and cloud spend.
- Vendors & contracts — what you’re paying for and whether it’s delivering.
- Documentation & process — what happens when a key person leaves or an incident hits.
- Compliance — relevant requirements such as CJIS, FERPA, or PCI DSS.
What you get
A formal written audit report with an executive summary, a full inventory, a clear-eyed risk assessment, and a prioritized roadmap of short- and long-term improvements with estimated costs — written in plain language leadership can act on.
Frequently asked questions
What does an IT audit include?
An IT audit reviews your security, backups and disaster recovery, infrastructure and cloud, vendors and contracts, documentation, and compliance posture. Assess Technologies delivers the findings as a written report with prioritized, costed recommendations you can act on immediately.
How long does an IT audit take?
Most audits take a few weeks from kickoff to final report, depending on the size and complexity of your environment. The process involves interviews, a systems review, and a hardware/software inventory, with minimal disruption to your team.
Why get an independent audit instead of asking our IT vendor?
Your current IT provider has an inherent conflict of interest in grading its own work. An independent audit gives leadership an objective second opinion — surfacing risks and inefficiencies a vendor may have missed or downplayed — with no product to sell.
See how an IT audit predicted (and helped recover from) a real ransomware attack →