Why Most Organizations Hit a Wall with Infrastructure, Security, and Governance
Virtually every organization is exploring how AI can add value. They’re experimenting, investing, and expectations are high. However, the Cisco AI Readiness Index 2025, based on a survey of more than 8,000 business decision-makers worldwide, shows that only 13% of organizations are truly ready to deploy AI on a large scale.
In practice, organizations face challenges that have existed for a long time. Think of an outdated IT environment, data scattered across different systems, limited visibility, or unclear agreements regarding management and security. AI makes these shortcomings much more apparent.
We recognize this at Avit. For over twenty years, we’ve been helping organizations future-proof their IT environments. We see that organizations with a strong foundation adopt new technology more quickly, scale up more easily, and are less hindered by their own IT landscape.
In this white paper, we apply the insights from the Cisco AI Readiness Index to real-world scenarios.
What will you learn in this white paper?
- Why only 13% of organizations are ready to deploy AI at scale, and where the remaining 87% are getting stuck
- How AI Infrastructure Debt Arises
- Why security is shifting to become a prerequisite for innovation, partly due to NIS2, the Cyber Resilience Act, and the AI Act
- What the successful 13% do differently on a structural level, broken down into four specific characteristics
- A checklist to help you assess how AI-ready your organization is
Meet peers at Avit Live 2026
This white paper provides insights. On September 17, 2026, you’ll discuss them further during Avit Live at De Landgoederij in Bunnik, alongside IT leaders, security specialists, and peers facing the same challenges. The event will feature a keynote address, expert sessions such as “State of the Hack,” and a panel discussion on the building blocks of an AI-ready organization. Equally valuable: the opportunity to brainstorm during one-on-one sessions about the challenges facing your own organization.
