Security News > 2023 > November > Organizations should prepare for the inevitability of cyberattacks on their infrastructure

"Our research found that there's much room for improvement in how global organizations can protect and manage their entire attack surface. It's not a question of if, but when, an attack will occur - especially against critical infrastructure that society so heavily relies upon."

Employees increasingly are using their own assets in business environments, with clear gaps in the enforcement of BYOD policies: 22% of respondents report having an official BYOD policy that is not enforced across all employees, 23% say they either have guidelines that employees are encouraged to follow or admit they don't have any policies or guidelines around BYOD. Organizations, on average, can only account for around 60% of their assets when it comes to knowing things like asset location or the support status of these assets.

Only 2% of surveyed organizations report that all of the information they gather from threat intelligence sources is actionable.

Unmanaged assets pose cyber risks for organizations.

Global respondents indicated that their organizations use 11 different tools to manage assets connected to their network, while 44% admit to still using manual spreadsheets.

Without complete control, management and/or visibility over these assets, organizations are facing even more risk.

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2023/11/15/attack-surface-complexity/