Many Security Teams at a Critical Tipping Point with "Security Tech Sprawl"

The 2021 IDG and ReliaQuest survey of 400 U.S. IT leaders finds widespread security tool sprawl—organizations average 19 security tools—and reports that adding technologies faster than they can be used reduces visibility, increases operational risk, distracts from basic defenses, and is driving efforts to consolidate, integrate, and automate tools to improve ROI and security effectiveness.