SaaS Security Issues Driven by Sprawl, Lack of Visibility

September 19, 2022 – Published on Security Boulevard

The growing number of enterprise software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications has led to more complexity and increased security risks within organizations, according to a recent survey.

Despite a sharp rise in the use of SaaS, most organizations reported that security lagged in urgency and priority, even though the increase in applications resulted in more complexity and increased security risk to their organizations. 

Six in 10 survey respondents had ranked SaaS security fourth or lower on their list of current security priorities, while just over a third (34%) said they were worried about the costs associated with rising SaaS-based app usage.

“In short, SaaS solutions can operate completely outside of the purview of information security,” said Gary Brickhouse, chief security officer at cybersecurity firm GuidePoint Security. “With nothing more than a credit card, a department can implement a new application, add sensitive company data or use weak authentication—all of which bypass the established controls in your environment.”

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