Every CIO has the same modernization checklist: migrate to the cloud, implement Zero Trust, and harness AI for competitive advantage. Boards are demanding progress. Budgets are allocated. Projects are launched. Yet 70% of these initiatives stall, fail, or deliver disappointing results. The culprit isn’t the technology—it’s the foundation. Identity sprawl

Most organizations treat integration as the finish line Systems stay online, employees can authenticate, and operations continue without disruption. From the outside, it looks like success. The merger did not break anything. The lights stayed on.  But executives are not evaluating IT by stability. They are evaluating it by financial impact.