PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CyCognito today announced new research that shows security teams struggle to keep pace as attack surfaces rapidly expand with adoption of cloud, SaaS and IOT technology, M&A and digital supply chain growth. According to the new ESG Security Hygiene and Posture Management research report, organizations are challenged to prioritize how to most effectively reduce cyber risk, and even determine which digital assets are business-critical. With 69% of organizations attacked via blind spots, it’s clear spreadsheet-based manual processes are failing to deliver adequate security hygiene and posture management or prevent breaches.
A clear sign that organizations can do better: 73% of respondents say that “spreadsheets remain a key aspect of security hygiene and posture management.” That approach translates directly to time-consuming and error-prone processes built around aggregating and analyzing data manually. With too many tools to reconcile, and too many security gaps to fix, security and IT professionals’ time is stolen away from more valuable activities such as remediating the critical risks attackers target.
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