Top 7 SaaS Security Risks (and How to Fix Them) | UpGuard

This article summarizes the top seven cybersecurity risks introduced by SaaS adoption—cloud misconfigurations, third‑party and fourth‑party risks, supply‑chain attacks, zero‑day vulnerabilities, insufficient vendor due diligence, regulatory non‑compliance, and unclear shared responsibilities—and recommends seven controls to manage them, including adopting SASE/ZTNA and least‑privilege IAM, establishing incident response plans, continuous vendor risk management and monitoring, staff security training, routine compliance assessments, and visibility into fourth‑party vendors.