IT Strategy & Consulting

Smarter IT. Aligned With Your Goals. Guided by Experience.

Next Level IT delivers practical, business-focused IT strategy and consulting
for organizations in Utah and throughout the United States.

 

 

  • Align IT investments with business goals
  • Reduce technology risk and unexpected costs
  • Build a clear, actionable roadmap for the future

Our approach integrates strategic planning, governance, security, and budgeting
into a consistent, repeatable consulting model that grows and adapts as your organization evolves.

 

What Is IT Strategy & Consulting?

IT Strategy & Consulting ensures your technology decisions are intentional, documented,
and aligned to your business—not just driven by urgent tickets and ad-hoc purchases.

Instead of reactive, one-off projects, you gain a structured roadmap, clear priorities,
and executive-ready insight—reducing risk, waste, and operational friction.

 

What’s Included:
IT Roadmapping & Planning
  • Multi-year IT roadmap aligned to business objectives
  • Cloud, infrastructure, and application strategy
  • Upgrade, migration, and lifecycle planning
Budgeting & Cost Optimization
  • IT budgeting and forecasting support
  • Vendor and licensing rationalization
  • Guidance to reduce unnecessary spend
Governance & Risk Alignment
  • Policy and standards development
  • Risk assessments and remediation prioritization
  • Support for SOC 2, NIST, CIS, CMMC, and other frameworks
Operations & Process Improvement
  • Review of IT processes, SLAs, and workflows
  • Recommendations for automation and standardization
  • Service delivery and user experience improvements
Security & Resilience Strategy
  • Cybersecurity program and maturity assessments
  • Business continuity and disaster recovery planning
  • Identity, access, and data protection guidance
Executive Advisory & vCIO
  • Quarterly strategy and roadmap reviews
  • Board and leadership-ready reports
  • Strategic IT leadership without a full-time executive cost
Co-Managed IT Strategy

For organizations with internal IT teams, our co-managed consulting services provide
strategic direction, validation, and leadership—while your team manages day-to-day operations.

We act as an extension of your leadership team to reduce risk, avoid misaligned projects,
and ensure IT consistently supports business growth.

Security-First IT Planning

Security is embedded into every strategy and roadmap discussion through a unified
governance and risk management approach.

  • IT initiatives aligned with security and compliance requirements
  • Roadmaps informed by CIS, NIST, SOC 2, CMMC, and cyber-insurance needs
  • Clear ownership, accountability, and documentation
  • Integration of identity, access, and data protection into planning
  • Regular review and adjustment as your business and risk profile change

The result is an IT strategy that is defensible, predictable, and built for growth
reducing surprises and downtime while improving performance, security, and confidence across the organization.

Our Process

We use a disciplined consulting approach focused on creating clarity, alignment, and measurable outcomes — without adding complexity your team doesn’t need.

This process helps ensure technology decisions are strategic, cost-effective, and built to support long-term growth rather than just short-term fixes.

A Great Service → A Proven IT Partner

Managed IT Strategy Built for Growth & Resilience

Strategic IT Planning

Our IT Strategy services help organizations define where technology should go — and create a roadmap to get there.

We evaluate your current environment, identify gaps and opportunities, and develop a practical plan that supports growth, reduces complexity, and improves reliability.

The result is a technology roadmap that aligns with your business goals, budgets, and long-term vision — instead of reacting to day-to-day issues.

Technology Optimization & Alignment

Security and compliance are built into every onboarding and offboarding event.

We enforce identity-first controls that ensure access is granted intentionally, monitored continuously, and removed immediately when no longer needed. This includes Identity & Access Management (IAM), Privileged Access Management (PAM), multi-factor authentication, and detailed audit trails.

By aligning onboarding and offboarding with CIS, NIST, SOC 2, CMMC, and Utah HB 80 requirements, we help organizations reduce insider risk, maintain compliance, and satisfy auditors and cyber insurers with confidence.

Security-First IT for Modern Businesses
Security-First IT for Modern Businesses

Reliable IT. Built-In Cybersecurity. Compliance-Ready.
We help growing organizations eliminate downtime, reduce cyber risk, and scale with confidence.

The Next Level IT Approach

Managed IT & Cybersecurity Implementation Roadmap

Assess
Assess
We evaluate your current IT environment, security posture, users, devices, cloud systems, and business risks. This gives us a clear baseline to prioritize remediation, security controls, and performance improvements.
Secure
Secure
We immediately deploy baseline cybersecurity protections including endpoint security, email defense, access controls, backups, and monitoring to reduce exposure and stabilize your environment.
Standardize
Standardize
We align devices, configurations, backups, identity, and policies to proven best practices. This eliminates inconsistencies, reduces recurring issues, and improves reliability.
Optimize
Optimize
Once stable, we fine-tune performance, automation, workflows, and resource usage to improve efficiency, uptime, and the end-user experience.
Scale
Scale
As your business grows, we evolve your IT strategy with proactive planning, cybersecurity oversight, and long-term technology roadmaps.
Our Tools

Our Design Technology Stack

Crowdstrike
ELK STACK
Proofpoint
Okta
Liongard
NinjaOne
Microsoft Intune
Acronis
Microsoft M365
Azure
ControlMap
ScalePad