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Why Identity Projects Fail and How to Fix Them
In this episode of the Identity at the Center podcast, Evolveum’s Interim CPO, Pavol Mederly, discussed the two main reasons why IGA projects fail: poor data quality and slow, manual application onboarding.
With hundreds of applications to connect, application onboarding remains one of the most persistent challenges in IGA projects. Due to manual and complex integration processes, most organizations only cover 10–30% of their applications, leaving gaps that lead to shadow IT, increased security risk, and compliance issues.
Key takeaways from the conversation:
Most IGA projects fail due to poor data quality and slow onboarding
Simulations help validate and improve identity data before deployment
Application onboarding is slow, expensive, and engineering-heavy, making full coverage unrealistic
AI can reduce onboarding time from weeks to minutes but requires human oversight
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