Security News > 2021 > December > Control failures are behind a growing number of cybersecurity incidents

Data from a survey of 1,200 enterprise security leaders reveals that an increase in tools and manual reporting combined with control failures are contributing to the success of threats such as ransomware, which costs organizations an average of $1.85 million in recovery, according to Panaseer.

60% of the security leaders lack strong confidence in their ability to continuously measure security controls that mitigate the infiltration, propagation, and exploitation of a successful ransomware attack.

Security teams are grappling to manage a growing number of security tools.

The rise in threats and shift to cloud-enabled remote working has increased the number of security tools used by large enterprises.

On average, enterprise security teams are grappling to manage 76 discrete security tools, a significant jump from 2019 when the average was 64.

Jonathan Gill, CEO, Panaseer: "The number of security tools continues to grow to meet the increasing threat and fast-evolving technology landscape. These tools produce vast amounts of data, but unfortunately, the data does not always join together, and this has now become a data science problem."

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