AI Readiness Assessment for Perth Businesses

Before you spend a dollar on AI, find out what your team is already using, where M365 permissions are exposed, and what needs to happen before AI tools go live safely. Epic IT delivers structured AI assessments that give your leadership team clarity and confidence.

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Structured

A governance-first assessment, not a product pitch

Executive-Ready

Assessment report designed for board presentations and IT planning

Phased Roadmap

Practical implementation plan prioritised by impact and risk

22+ Years

Protecting Perth businesses with IT strategy and consulting

What is an AI Assessment?

AI adoption is accelerating faster than most businesses can track. Staff are already using AI tools daily, often without IT awareness or approval. Before investing in governance programmes or AI platforms, you need a clear picture of what is already happening and where the real opportunities and risks sit.

Our AI Assessment is a structured consulting engagement that gives your leadership team the clarity and confidence to move forward. We evaluate your current technology stack, identify shadow AI exposure, review M365 permissions that AI tools would inherit, assess data risks across AI-connected systems, and map a practical path from where you are today to where you want to be.

The assessment is the first step toward deny-by-default enforcement and proper governance — not a free scan. It is a structured engagement that identifies what needs to happen before AI tools go live safely, and provides the roadmap from governance through to Managed AI and Custom AI Development.

AI Assessments are available to Managed IT Services clients. For ongoing AI risk management after the assessment, see our AI Governance service.

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What we look at

Our AI assessment covers the areas that matter most for making informed decisions about AI adoption. Whether you are considering AI Governance, Managed AI, or Custom AI Development, the assessment helps you understand your starting point.

Current AI tool inventory

Most organisations have no idea how many AI tools their staff are using. We identify every AI tool in use across your environment by auditing browser extensions, SaaS subscriptions, API connections, and user behaviour. This shadow AI discovery alone often reveals compliance and data risks that need immediate attention.

M365 permissions exposure review

When your organisation adopts AI tools like Copilot or ChatGPT Enterprise, those tools inherit your existing Microsoft 365 permissions. The permission gaps already exist — AI just makes them trivially easy to exploit. We review your M365 permissions to identify where sensitive data is overexposed and what needs tightening before approved AI tools go live.

Data risk assessment for AI-connected systems

AI introduces new compliance considerations around data privacy, intellectual property, and regulatory requirements. We assess your current compliance posture against the Australian Privacy Act, industry-specific regulations, and emerging AI legislation. Our review identifies specific risks across every system that AI tools could connect to and provides clear recommendations for addressing them.

Use case identification

Not every process benefits equally from AI. We work with your team leads and department heads to identify the workflows and tasks where AI will deliver the greatest productivity gains. Common high-value use cases include document processing, email triage, report generation, client communications, and cross-platform data analysis.

Governance gap analysis

We evaluate your current policies, controls, and processes against the Epic IT governance framework and ISO 42001 — the international standard for AI management systems. This identifies what is missing and gives you a clear transition path into our ongoing AI Governance service.

Roadmap and recommendations

Based on our findings, we deliver a practical assessment report that tells you exactly where you stand. This includes a clear readiness summary, prioritised recommendations, estimated investment, and a phased implementation roadmap: governance first, then managed AI, then custom development as your AI maturity grows. Designed for executive decision-making.

From assessment to action

The assessment is a point-in-time engagement that gives you the information you need to choose the right AI service tier for your business. Most Perth businesses follow one of two paths after the assessment.

Businesses with immediate compliance risks or significant shadow AI exposure move straight into AI Governance to get deny-by-default enforcement and controls in place quickly. Businesses that want to start deploying AI tools and automation move into Managed AI, which includes governance as standard.

Either way, the assessment gives your leadership team a clear, data-backed decision point rather than a vendor pitch. Read our AI Services Guide for a deeper look at how the service tiers connect.

AI assessment roadmap and recommendations for Perth organisations

How Epic IT delivers the assessment

Scoping call. We discuss your current IT environment, business goals, and any known AI usage to tailor the assessment scope.
Shadow AI discovery. We scan your environment for AI tools in active use, identify data flows, and document exposure.
M365 permissions review. We review your Microsoft 365 permissions to identify data that would be overexposed to approved AI tools.
Stakeholder interviews. We meet with department heads to understand workflows, pain points, and AI opportunities across the business.
Analysis and recommendations. Our team compiles findings into a practical assessment report with prioritised recommendations and a phased roadmap.
Executive presentation. We present the assessment to your leadership team, answer questions, and help you decide on next steps.

Frequently asked questions

What does the AI Assessment deliver?

The assessment delivers a current AI tool inventory (shadow AI discovery), an M365 permissions exposure review, a data risk assessment for AI-connected systems, a governance gap analysis against the Epic IT framework and ISO 42001, use case identification with prioritised recommendations, and a phased roadmap from governance through managed AI to custom development.

How long does an AI Assessment take?

A typical AI Assessment takes two to four weeks from scoping call to executive presentation. The timeline depends on your organisation’s size, the number of departments involved, and the complexity of your IT environment. We work around your team’s availability to minimise disruption.

Do I need to be a managed services client to get an AI Assessment?

Yes. AI Assessments are available to Managed IT Services clients because we need environment access and security baseline visibility to conduct a thorough assessment.

What happens after the assessment?

The assessment report gives you a clear decision point. Most businesses move into AI Governance to get deny-by-default enforcement and controls in place, then progress to Managed AI when they are ready to deploy tools and automation. There is no pressure to move forward. The assessment gives you the data to make the right decision for your business.

How is the assessment different from AI Governance?

The assessment is a point-in-time engagement that tells you where you stand. AI Governance is an ongoing service that deploys deny-by-default enforcement, manages M365 permissions, monitors for shadow AI, and reviews your AI risk posture quarterly. Most businesses use the assessment to build the business case, then move into governance for ongoing protection.

What if the assessment finds serious compliance risks?

If we identify urgent compliance or data protection risks during the assessment, we flag them immediately rather than waiting for the final report. Our team can implement quick-win controls through your existing managed services agreement while the broader governance framework is being developed.

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