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Concentrate capital on three decisions; defer four.

Portfolio is over-indexed on infrastructure refresh. Reallocate $14.2M toward SOC modernization and AI governance to compound risk reduction in H1.

Updated TodayAudience · CIO + ELTDecision confidence · 86%
Active decisions
12
+2
Portfolio at risk
$28.4M
−$3.1M
Avg. decision velocity
21d
−6d
Confidence index
82
+4
Recommendations

What we advise

Lock CrowdStrike as SOC primary
Critical

Replace fragmented MDR; consolidates 3 vendors, $3.1M annualized savings.

Approve AI governance charter
Elevated

Required before Q1 model deployments in finance and legal.

Defer hyperconverged refresh
Watch

Cloud FinOps initiative will retire 38% of footprint by Q3.

Risks

What we are watching

Concentration in Microsoft estate
Elevated

62% of license spend; renewal Mar 2027 — start posture work now.

Data platform fragmentation
Critical

Three lakehouses, no governance layer. Blocks AI roadmap.

Actions

Owners and due dates

CIO
Sign SOC recommendation memo
This Friday
CFO
Approve $14.2M capital reallocation
Next board
Chief Architect
Charter data platform consolidation
30 days
Strategic Implications

If we act on this brief

01

Capital plan shifts from refresh-heavy to platform-heavy by Q2.

02

Vendor count reduces from 41 to 29 over four quarters.

03

AI velocity unblocked once governance charter and data spine land.

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