168-Point IT Business Assessment

Find the gaps your current IT setup isn’t showing you. CISSP-led. Framework-mapped. Built for Canadian SMBs.

Fusion’s IT business assessment is a structured evaluation covering infrastructure, security, compliance, and operations. It’s not a generic checklist. Every engagement is scoped to your environment, led by CISSP-certified leadership, and mapped to recognized frameworks including CIS Controls v8.1 and CyberSecure Canada. You’ll walk away with a clear picture of where you stand, what needs to change, and how much it’ll cost over the next three years.

168 Checkpoints
1-2 Weeks Delivery
3-Year IT budget forecast
CISSP-Led Assessment
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Best fit for Canadian businesses with 10 to 150 employees.

Understand Where Your IT Stands

Most businesses don’t know where their IT environment actually is until something breaks. The servers are running, the tickets get resolved, and nobody’s complaining loudly enough to trigger a review. But that doesn’t mean things are working well. It means problems haven’t surfaced yet.

Fusion’s 168-Point IT Business Assessment gives you a structured, independent look at your entire technology environment. We evaluate infrastructure health, security posture, compliance readiness, operational maturity, and IT spending patterns. The goal isn’t to generate a pile of findings you’ll never act on. It’s to give you and your leadership team a clear, prioritized view of what’s working, what isn’t, and what to do next.

Whether you’re evaluating managed IT providers, planning a security upgrade, or building a compliance roadmap, the IT business assessment gives you the foundation to make confident decisions. You can act on the results with Fusion, hand the report to your existing provider, or use it to build an internal plan. It’s your data.

Here’s How We Do It

We’ve built this process to turn unclear IT situations into clear decisions. Here’s what the engagement looks like from start to finish.

1. Evaluate Your Current State

We run a deep, 168-point review covering infrastructure, people, tools, and processes. This isn’t a surface scan. We look at how your systems actually perform, how your team uses them, and where the gaps are hiding.

2. Gap Identification and Remediation Planning

We identify compliance, security, and operational gaps, then outline what’s needed to close them. Every gap gets a priority level, effort estimate, and cost range so you can plan with real numbers.

3. Align with Industry Frameworks

Our assessments follow the ITIL standard and are mapped to CIS Controls v8.1, CyberSecure Canada, and CPCSC. This gives you a defensible baseline that insurers, auditors, and compliance reviewers actually recognize.

4. Engage Your Organization

We consult with department leads to understand how your teams use technology day to day. IT doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Recommendations that ignore how people actually work don’t stick.

5. Executive Report and Strategic Recommendations

We deliver a detailed, executive-level report outlining your current state, areas for improvement, and a roadmap for long-term resilience. It’s built for decision-makers, not just technicians.

6. Control IT Spend Over Time

One of our key goals is helping you manage and forecast IT investments over the next three years. You shouldn’t be surprised by a major expense. You should see it coming and plan for it.

Assessment Deliverables

Fusion’s engineers produce a detailed report containing network and system diagrams alongside a thorough evaluation of your technology footprint. This includes observations, assessments, and prioritized recommendations. The documentation process typically takes 1 to 2 weeks to complete. Once it’s ready, the Fusion team sets up a meeting to review the findings with you. Here’s what’s included:

  1. Executive Summary — A board-ready overview of findings, risks, and recommended actions.
  2. Cybersecurity Framework Matrix — Your current posture scored against CIS Controls v8.1.
  3. Maturity-Level Scoring — Where you stand today versus where you need to be.
  4. Gap Analysis and Remediation Steps — Specific, prioritized actions with effort and cost estimates.
  5. 3-Year IT Budget Forecast — A financial roadmap to plan investments without surprises.
  6. Network and System Diagrams — Visual documentation of your current environment.
  7. Strategic Recommendations — Input from Fusion’s CISSP-certified team on your next moves.

If you’re comparing IT providers or considering a switch to managed IT services, the assessment gives you an objective baseline that makes those conversations easier.

The 168-Point Difference

168

Checkpoints across infrastructure, security, compliance, tools, people, and processes.

1-2 Weeks

From kickoff to executive report delivery, with minimal disruption to your operations.

3-Year

A prioritized IT budget forecast so you can plan investments with confidence.

CISSP-Led

Every assessment is led by CISSP-certified leadership and mapped to CIS Controls v8.1.

Who Should Get a 168-Point Assessment?

  • Growing businesses with 10 to 150 employees that need their technology to scale with them, not hold them back.
  • Companies that haven’t had a formal IT review in 12+ months and want to know where they actually stand.
  • Businesses facing compliance requirements (Canada’s private-sector privacy law PIPEDA, CyberSecure Canada, industry-specific regulations) that need a clear path to alignment.
  • Organizations planning a major IT change — cloud migration, office move, M&A, or vendor switch — that need a current-state baseline first.
  • Teams frustrated by recurring IT issues that aren’t sure whether the problem is infrastructure, process, or both.

One of our clients grew from 35 to 205 employees over several years. During that growth, Fusion managed all their IT — onboarding every new hire, scaling infrastructure, and maintaining security across multiple offices. You can read the full scaling case study here.

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Available to businesses across Toronto/GTA, Hamilton, Vancouver, and remotely across Canada.

About This IT Business Assessment

This IT business assessment methodology was developed and is overseen by Fusion Computing’s CISSP-certified leadership team. Our approach is grounded in CIS Controls v8.1 and aligned with Canadian compliance frameworks including CyberSecure Canada and CPCSC. We don’t use a one-size-fits-all template. Every assessment is scoped to the client’s environment, industry, and compliance obligations. The result is a report that’s specific to your business, not a generic output that could apply to anyone.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is an IT business assessment?
An IT business assessment is a structured evaluation of your organization’s technology environment. It covers infrastructure, security, compliance, operations, and IT spending. The goal is to identify gaps, risks, and opportunities so you can make informed decisions about your IT strategy. Fusion’s assessment goes deeper than most — it’s built around 168 checkpoints and mapped to recognized frameworks like CIS Controls v8.1.
What does the 168-point assessment cover?
The assessment covers six core areas: infrastructure health, cybersecurity posture, compliance readiness, operational maturity, people and process, and IT financial planning. Within each area, we evaluate specific controls, configurations, and practices. You’ll receive findings, scores, and prioritized recommendations across all 168 checkpoints.
What frameworks does the assessment align with?
Fusion’s assessment is mapped to CIS Controls v8.1, CyberSecure Canada, CPCSC (Canadian Program for Cyber Security Certification), and ITIL. These are the frameworks that insurers, auditors, and compliance reviewers recognize. If your business needs to demonstrate security maturity for a contract, insurance renewal, or regulatory requirement, the assessment produces the documentation you’ll need.
How much does the 168-point assessment cost?
Pricing depends on the size and complexity of your environment — user count, device count, number of locations, and cloud services in use. For most Canadian businesses with 10 to 150 employees, the assessment ranges from $3,000 to $10,000 CAD. We provide a fixed-price quote after a free 30-minute consultation so there aren’t any surprises. Get a quote.
How long does the assessment take?
Most assessments take 1 to 2 weeks from kickoff to executive report delivery. This includes data gathering, stakeholder interviews, technical evaluation, and report preparation. We’ve designed the process to minimize disruption to your team’s day-to-day work.
How is this different from a cybersecurity assessment?
A cybersecurity assessment focuses specifically on your security posture — vulnerabilities, threat exposure, and compliance with security frameworks. An IT business assessment is broader. It covers security, but it also evaluates infrastructure, operations, IT spending, and organizational readiness. Think of the IT business assessment as the full picture, and a cybersecurity assessment as a deep dive into one part of it.
What deliverables will I receive?
You’ll receive seven core deliverables: an executive summary, a cybersecurity framework matrix scored against CIS Controls v8.1, maturity-level scoring, a gap analysis with remediation steps, a 3-year IT budget forecast, network and system diagrams, and strategic recommendations from Fusion’s CISSP-certified team. Everything is built for both technical staff and executive decision-makers.
How often should we repeat the assessment?
We recommend a full assessment every 12 to 18 months, or whenever there’s a significant change in your environment — an office move, acquisition, cloud migration, or major staff change. Technology evolves quickly, and gaps that didn’t exist a year ago can become real risks. Regular assessments keep your roadmap current and your spending predictable. Fusion’s vCIO services can provide ongoing strategic oversight between full assessments.
Do we need to be a Fusion client to get an assessment?
No. The assessment is available as a standalone engagement. You don’t need to be a Fusion managed services client. Many businesses use the assessment to evaluate where they stand before deciding on a provider. If you want to act on the findings with Fusion, we can scope managed IT or co-managed IT services from there. If you’d rather take the report to another provider, that’s fine too.
What happens after the assessment is complete?
Once the assessment is complete, Fusion schedules a meeting to walk your leadership team through the findings. We review every section of the report, answer questions, and help you prioritize next steps. From there, you can engage Fusion to implement the recommendations, work with your existing provider, or handle it internally. The report is yours to keep and reference. If you’re ready to get started, book a free 30-minute consultation.

Mike Pearlstein, CISSP is the CEO of Fusion Computing and has led IT strategy and security assessments for Canadian businesses since 2012. He holds the CISSP certification and works directly with organizations to evaluate their IT environment and build a roadmap for improvement. Learn more about Fusion Computing.

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