July 22, 2024 at 04:52PM
Seemplicity has released the 2024 Remediation Operations Report, based on a survey of 300 U.S. cybersecurity professionals. Key findings include a growing security budget, increased reliance on automation in vulnerability management, and the anticipated impact of AI in the field. The report also highlights the challenges and opportunities presented by new SEC incident reporting requirements. For more information, visit www.seemplicity.io.
Key Takeaways from the Seemplicity 2024 Remediation Operations Report:
1. Cybersecurity Budgets: An overwhelming 91% of U.S. cybersecurity professionals report an increase in security budgets, indicating a growing recognition of the importance of cybersecurity within organizations.
2. Complexity of Vendor Environments: Organizations are utilizing an average of 38 different security product vendors, leading to high levels of complexity and fragmentation within their attack surfaces, with 51% experiencing a high to very high level of noise from their security tools.
3. Automation in Vulnerability Management: Almost all respondents (97%) indicated some level of automation in vulnerability and exposure management, with automation primarily applied to vulnerability scanning, prioritization, and remediation processes.
4. AI Investment and Impact: 85% of companies plan to increase AI investment in the next 5 years, with optimism about AI’s potential impact on vulnerability and exposure management, but also concerns about the integration of AI in software development outpacing security teams’ capabilities.
5. New SEC Incident Reporting Requirements: More than half of organizations perceive the new requirements as an opportunity to enhance their vulnerability management practices, with leaders feeling the regulations will improve logging and reporting and security hygiene.
6. Adoption of Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) framework: 90% of respondents are likely to adopt CTEM programs, reflecting a shift towards continuous monitoring and proactive risk management.
Seemplicity, founded in 2020, is revolutionizing the way security teams drive and scale risk reduction efforts by orchestrating, automating, and consolidating all remediation activities into one workspace. Customers include Fortune 500 and publicly traded companies.
For more information, visit www.seemplicity.io.