MORRISVILLE, N.C., Nov. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — JupiterOne, the cybersecurity industry’s leading cyber asset management and governance solutions provider, today announced the findings of a new survey by Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), which warns of inadequate security hygiene and posture management practices at many organizations.
The ESG research found that 86% of organizations believe they follow best practices for security hygiene and posture management. However, 70% of organizations said they use more than ten security tools to manage security hygiene and posture management, which raises concerns about data management and operations overhead, according to Jon Oltsik, ESG Principal Analyst and Fellow, and author of the report.
In addition, 73% of security professionals admitted that they still depend on spreadsheets to manage security hygiene and posture at their organizations. As a result, 70% of respondents said that security hygiene and posture management had become more difficult over the past two years as their attack surfaces have grown.
“[T]he data demonstrates that many organizations continue to address security hygiene and posture management tactically on a…
