The rapid increase in the number of security tools by big enterprises is restricting the return on security investment and also enabling the risk of cyber threats, as quoted by ReliaQuest in its 2019 Security Technology Sprawl Report. ReliaQuest surveyed over 400 security decision-makers of companies having more than 1000 employees. The report defined overwhelmed cybersecurity solutions as a “security tool tipping point” which says that the organizations adopting a large number of enterprise security solutions are more prone to cyber risks. Security teams are overwhelmed by overspending to manage their wide range of tools than working towards defending against threats. They are wasting the resources rather than making optimal use of it to proactively defend against threats.
The key findings from the report are –
- Nearly 70% of participants agreed that their employers have invested in more than 5 new security technologies in a year whereas, 19% agreed to have invested in more than 20 new security technologies.
- Almost 71% of the participants agreed to have added security technologies under the list of their assets much faster than recruiting capacities to engage those…
