AppOmni has released the 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 percent) 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, AppOmni says, 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.
A majority of respondents (52 percent) 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 percent of respondents have received more responsibilities due to COVID-19.
- 66 percent of respondents experienced reduced time to spend on management and security of SaaS due to the shift to remote work.
- 68 percent of respondents rely on manual efforts to detect data exposures.
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.
