AppOmni, the leading provider of SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM), released findings of their latest survey highlighting the security concerns of
cloud SaaS applications as they become more essential for enabling remote
workers. More than 200 IT security professionals were surveyed, and two-thirds
(66%) of organizations believe that their enterprise public SaaS application,
above all others, would cause the greatest disruption to their business should
there be an outage.
COVID-19 has led
enterprises to fast-track their adoption of remote work technologies.
Leveraging SaaS to enable this transition allows enterprises to overcome the
hurdles associated with the traditional method of business
operations. With an increase in adoption of SaaS applications, the focus
on managing and securing these applications is critical. AppOmni's study found
that more than 90 percent of those surveyed have recently received additional
responsibilities and two-thirds have less time to effectively manage and secure
SaaS applications. Additionally, 68 percent of respondents rely solely on
manual efforts to detect data exposures. This is not a realistic approach as it
is not practical or cost-effective to staff up enough resources to have in-house
experts across all critical SaaS applications.
"Due to COVID-19,
IT teams are struggling to keep up with massive changes to day-to-day
operations and the accelerated rate of cloud adoption associated with a remote
and virtual workforce," said Brendan O'Connor, CEO, AppOmni. "This highlights
the need for companies to work to better secure their current SaaS applications
given that 90 percent of the respondents we surveyed noted that their usage of
SaaS applications have increased in adoption since the beginning of the
pandemic."
A majority of
respondents (52%) stated that their biggest challenge with existing cloud
security solutions is their reactive nature. These solutions only alert
security teams of a problem when an incident has already been detected rather
than a proactive solution identifying data exposures before they can manifest
into an incident.
Additional key
findings include:
- 93% of respondents have received more responsibilities due to
COVID-19.
- 66% of respondents experienced reduced time to spend on management and
security of SaaS due to the shift to remote work.
- 68% of respondents rely on manual efforts to detect data exposures.
"These days, more
organizations are investing in preventative solutions and gaining visibility
into their cloud attack surface than ever before," continued O'Connor. "Even
post COVID-19, businesses will need to offer remote work opportunities to stay
competitive. Now is the time to implement a hybrid working strategy that
includes mission-critical SaaS applications. Companies that wait until it's too
late are going to find themselves behind the curve, making them easy targets
for attackers."
AppOmni
Enterprise Essentials secures top SaaS applications enterprises depend on today
for day-to-day operations for remote workers. The platform implements
guardrails for internal and external users of mission-critical SaaS
applications, enabling employees to work productively and securely. To learn
more about Enterprise Essentials, please visit www.appomni.com.
To download the survey, visit here: https://appomni.com/saas-security-management-survey/