Trend Micro has published the results of a survey revealing issues in how UK organisations manage growing cybersecurity risks tied to unknown or unmanaged IT assets.
The survey, which included responses from 100 cybersecurity leaders in the United Kingdom, highlights that seven in ten organisations in the country have experienced security incidents linked to unknown or unmanaged IT assets. Expanding attack surfaces, driven by generative AI tools, remote working trends, and the proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, are cited as factors behind this challenge.
According to the research, 96% of UK cybersecurity leaders expressed concern about employees’ use of third-party AI tools, suggesting that such usage is intensifying the complexity of organisational attack surfaces.
Shadow IT appears to be a notable worry, with 38% of respondents identifying the spread of unauthorised technology as a source of blind spots that act as triggers for security incidents. These blind spots, stemming from IT assets that are not centrally managed or even known to IT teams, are perceived as a significant source of vulnerability.
Despite the reported incidents and growing…
