Lean & Mean EBITDA Levers These cost takeouts are key value creation levers that increase capability without breaking the business: Application rationalization: Retire duplicative tools, especially HRIS, ITSM, endpoint, identity, and BI. License and cloud spend governance: Put in FinOps basics – tagging, showback, annual subscriptions vs. pay-as- you-go, cloud resource reserved instances, and right-sizing. Standardize the workplace stack: One endpoint standard, one collaboration suite, one identity plane. Talent allocations: Choose the right talent at the right time for the right reasons.
Build the Team Behind the Tech Scalable systems need accountable owners. Turn to p. 18 for practical guidance on closing IT talent gaps during carve-outs.
Tech Stack & MVCs If you only standardize 5 things for scale and integration speed, these Minimum Viable Controls (MVCs) will protect EBITDA and the multiple: 1) Identity & Access: Such as SSO, MFA, and Conditional Access. Ensure that MFA is used everywhere, especially email, VPN, and admin accounts. Implement privileged access management basics such as using dedicated admin accounts that are separate from the administrators’ daily business accounts and email addresses. 2) Mobile Device Management (MDM) and Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR): To manage user devices, whether supplied by the organization or personally. MDM ensures that any device connected to organizational resources has proper security configuration and identity management. EDR allows for constant monitoring of laptops, servers, and other organization hardware to prevent intrusion or attacks. 3) Email security and phishing resistance: Especially security awareness focused on wire fraud and HR/payroll redirects. 4) Backups and recovery: With immutable and/or offline options. 5) ITSM and asset inventory: Because you can’t secure what you can’t see.
IT Priority #1: Protect the Business & Scale a Secure Foundation Why it matters: Technology enablement and risk management are successful when it enables the business with minimal disruption. The ability to scale is about repeatability, not just growth. Portfolio Companies need to achieve the maturity model that’s important to the strategy and focus on the lean and mean EBITDA levers.
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