The last quarter of 2025 is near. Your company has a great IT partner. You have MFA, you are on top of patching for your servers and workstations (Windows 10's End of Life is October 14th, 2025!), you use modern identity, your company is even embracing the right amount of AI to help keep its edge.

Your tech is working for you, your team is productive, and everyone is happy. You are well on your way with your objectives for a digital transformation.

However, securing your Business and its data is an ongoing objective and a forever moving target. Your strategies and solutions must evolve with technology and your industry.

Here are three IT Security Must-Haves to put on your roadmap to implement in the next 0 to 18 months:

1. Security Awareness Training Program

A great security awareness program is a combination of training, simulation, and discussion. While some businesses are required to have a solution for industry or insurance compliance, it's really a solution that helps any business.

Think of security awareness training as superhero school for your team. Every day, sneaky cyber villains try to trick employees with phony emails and clever scams. However, with a little training, your staff learns to spot the bad guys and stop trouble before it starts.

This helps keep your company’s data safe, avoids expensive mistakes, and shows everyone you take security seriously. When everyone’s in on the action, your whole business becomes stronger, smarter, and ready for anything.

2. Vulnerability Scanning

Another increasingly important security solution involves scanning your networks and IP addresses for known vulnerabilities on new and old equipment.

Vulnerability scanning is like sending a team of friendly robots to check your office and servers for hidden doors or loose windows before burglars show up.

These scans continuously search your computers, networks, and apps for weak spots.

By running regular scans, you can quickly find and fix problems, keeping your business safer and stopping trouble before it starts. It’s a smart, simple way to patch up your cyber “house” before the bad guys even have a chance to try the locks.

3. A Company Artificial Intelligence Usage Policy

Does your current computer usage policy cover AI? It needs to, even if you aren't officially using Artificial Intelligence in your workflows.

At this point, whether you personally are using it or not, someone in your business is likely using AI, and there is a big difference between a corporate AI tool your business provides vs a consumer solution they provide for themselves!

Think of an AI usage policy as the playbook for your team’s new favorite tool. It spells out the rules, so everyone knows how to use AI the right way, without sharing secrets or causing confusion.

With clear instructions, your Staff can use AI confidently and cleverly, keeping things smooth and fair. Plus, it helps your business stay legal and shows customers you’re on top of smart, safe tech use!

Wrapping Up

If you have all three of these solutions in place already, high fives in your general direction! Not only are you ahead of the pack, but you have also put your business in an excellent position to stay ahead!

If not, it's time to add these to your business roadmap and create a vision plan for technology in your organization.

Don't have a vision plan for tech? Consider utilizing a great IT partner to help you bring it all together. This same partner can help you with all three of these services and more!

Interested in having a conversation about technology in your business? 

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