80% of IT and security professionals plan to increase spending on their cybersecurity posture management over the next 12-18 months, according to a Balbix survey. Organizations will put that money toward cyber-risk quantification tools, cloud security posture management and security asset management.
“Protecting company assets from attack is quickly becoming a top priority for the C-suite,” Jon Oltsik, Senior Principal Analyst & ESG Fellow.
Posture management remains one of the least mature areas of cybersecurity
The survey of just under 400 IT and security professionals highlights that posture management remains one of the least mature areas of security. Almost three quarters of respondents surveyed are using manual processes like spreadsheets. Similarly, 70 percent have more than ten security tools to manage their security hygiene and posture. Using manual processes and an extensive number of tools leads organizations to feel overwhelmed. Respondents said they face considerable challenges including:
- Keeping up with the volume of open vulnerabilities
- Automating the process of vulnerability discovery, prioritization, dispatch to owner and mitigation
- Identifying…
