// Challenge
You cannot manage what you cannot see.
Hundreds of applications. Multiple suppliers. Different technologies and ownership spread across the organisation.
Building an accurate view of that landscape relied heavily on manual inventories and security assessments. Dependencies were difficult to trace. Technical debt was hard to compare. And deciding which risks deserved attention required information scattered across teams and systems.
NIS2 made that visibility even more important. Digipolis needed a way to understand its landscape continuously, without turning application governance into an endless manual audit.
// Approach
Start small. Prove it. Then scale.
Rather than trying to map the entire landscape at once, we started with 10 complex applications.
Recon combined automated discovery with AI-assisted analysis to map architecture, dependencies, technical debt and security findings. The results were connected to business context and NIS2 requirements, turning technical signa
- Focused validation: 10 interconnected applications were mapped in under four hours to validate the approach before scaling.
- Continuous discovery: Recon automates technical discovery and keeps application information from becoming another static inventory.
- Risk & dependency mapping: architecture, dependencies, health and security findings come together in one view across suppliers.
- Scalable onboarding: the first 85 applications were onboarded while establishing an approach designed to extend across 1,000+ applications.
// Result
From fragmented information to a landscape you can act on.
By replacing manual discovery with continuous AI-driven workflows, we delivered a unified governance platform that translates technical complexity into business priorities. What previously required months of manual investigation now completes within a day. Digipolis gained complete visibility across suppliers, established a clear modernization roadmap, and built a foundation for continuous NIS2 compliance, all while freeing internal teams from the burden of manual audits.
“Most organisations don't need another transformation roadmap. They need to understand what they already have. Once you can see the landscape, the right decisions become much clearer.”
- Sander Hofman, Founder at SumZero
// Impact
By replacing manual effort and administrative overhead with automated AI workflows, we fundamentally shifted how fast legacy modernization and security compliance can be delivered:
- Under 4 hours: 10 complex applications mapped during the initial validation.
- 85 applications onboarded: establishing the foundation to expand across 1,000+ applications.
- Months reduced to days: substantially less manual work required for landscape and security analysis.
- Continuous visibility: architecture, dependencies and risk remain visible beyond a point-in-time assessment.
