The first security step when it comes to applications? Find them all

December 21, 2022 – Published on IT Brew

Knowing (and patching) the open-source components of applications is a critical security step—as long as you know where your applications are.

Organizations deploy an average of 89 apps, according to a 2022 Businesses at Work survey from identity and access management provider Okta. Companies with 2,000 employees or more deploy 187.

In addition to familiar workplace tools like Microsoft 365, Slack, or Monday, there are ones that employees build quickly to solve their problems. A security pro may write up a script to test controls, or an employee in media may create code to get videos published quickly.

As the application count increases, the index gets increasingly difficult to track—but inventory tools and surveys can help to provide a clearer picture of an organization’s many assets.

“We deal with these larger organizations where the security team may not even be aware of all of the applications that are out in their portfolio,” said Kristen Bell, director of application-security engineering at the IT services firm GuidePoint Security.

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