After completing hundreds of technology assessments across Folsom, Sacramento, El Dorado Hills, and Rancho Cordova, we keep seeing the same five problems — in medical offices, retail locations, coworking spaces, and professional services firms alike.
These aren't exotic edge cases. They're the baseline.
1. A firewall that hasn't been updated in years
Most businesses have a firewall. Very few have a firewall with current firmware and active threat intelligence. An out-of-date firewall is worse than no firewall in some ways — it gives you a false sense of security while leaving known vulnerabilities wide open. We see this in roughly 70% of first assessments.
2. No access logs on sensitive areas
If you can't tell who entered your server room, medication storage area, or back office — and when — you have a compliance gap whether you're regulated or not. Traditional lock-and-key systems leave no audit trail. This is the single most common HIPAA finding we see in medical practices.
3. WiFi that was set up once and never touched
Consumer-grade routers, default admin passwords, no guest network isolation, coverage dead zones in half the building. Your network is the foundation of everything else. If it's held together with duct tape, everything running on it is at risk.
4. Manual processes where sensors should be
Temperature logs done by hand twice a day. Paper sign-in sheets at the front desk. Manual after-hours checks. Every manual process is a failure point — and in regulated industries, a documentation gap waiting to happen. These are exactly the problems that smart sensors and digital check-in solve, at a cost that surprises most clients.
5. Too many vendors with no one owning the full picture
One company for IT support. Another for phones. A third for cameras. A fourth installed the access control system three years ago and hasn't been back since. When something breaks — or when you need to demonstrate compliance — nobody has the full picture. That's what we built FollowThrough Works to fix.
If any of these sound familiar, the fastest way to find out where you actually stand is a free Site Score assessment. We walk your facility, assess all six technology categories, and hand you a scored report with prioritized recommendations.