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The Total Cost of Legacy IGA: A CFO Guide to Modernisation
Who should read this:
CFOs, CIOs, CISOs, procurement leaders, and transformation sponsors.
Immediate Takeaways
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Build the business case around operating cost and risk reduction, not just software replacement.
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Measure the cost of manual access reviews, ticket-based provisioning, custom connectors, and audit preparation.
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Fund migration by retiring duplicate IAM tools and reducing control-testing effort.
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Track value through deployment speed, review cycle time, orphaned access reduction, and audit evidence reuse.
Action Plan
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Create a baseline: licenses, hosting, contractors, upgrade projects, manual review hours, and audit support.
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Prioritise high-cost workflows: access certification, JML, privileged access reviews, and SoD.
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Run a 90-day SaaS pilot against two critical apps and one cloud estate.
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Move from annual audit scramble to continuous evidence capture.
Control Checklist
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TCO model with one-time, recurring, people, infrastructure, and audit categories.
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Application onboarding plan ranked by risk and manual effort.
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Retirement plan for duplicate connectors, scripts, and spreadsheets.
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Executive dashboard: cost avoided, controls automated, review hours reduced, and exceptions closed.
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Migration guardrails for data quality, role cleanup, and access recertification before cutover.