October 24, 2024 at 05:50PM
Grip Security’s report, “2025 SaaS Security Risks,” reveals that 90% of SaaS applications remain unmanaged, posing significant risks for organizations. With a 40% increase in SaaS applications and rising usage of AI tools, the need for a collaborative, identity-driven security approach is critical to mitigate these vulnerabilities effectively.
**Meeting Takeaways from Grip Security’s Press Release on “2025 SaaS Security Risks”:**
1. **Research Findings**:
– 90% of SaaS applications and 91% of AI tools within organizations remain unmanaged, creating significant vulnerabilities.
– The use of SaaS applications in enterprises has risen by 40% over the last two years.
– There has been an 85% increase in the number of SaaS accounts per employee.
– 73% of provisioned users never utilize their SaaS application licenses.
– ChatGPT is present in 96% of organizations analyzed, with usage increasing 24-fold since its launch.
– Among popular AI applications, 42% have SAML capabilities, but 80% remain unmanaged and unfederated.
2. **Concerns with Shadow SaaS and Shadow AI**:
– The increasing prevalence of apps used without IT oversight leads to risks such as data breaches, compliance issues, and confidential information leaks.
– Gartner predicts that by 2027, 75% of employees will use technologies outside of IT’s control, necessitating urgent rethinking of SaaS security strategies.
3. **Ineffectiveness of Current Solutions**:
– Existing security solutions, such as CASBs, are insufficient to meet the complexities of modern SaaS environments, resulting in excessive noise and false positives.
4. **Need for a Collaborative Approach**:
– Managing SaaS risks requires a collaborative effort across various departments, not just IT and security teams.
– A flexible, identity-centric approach is essential to empower employees while maintaining control over risks.
5. **Consequences of Inaction**:
– Organizations that do not adapt to evolving SaaS trends face increased vulnerabilities, as demonstrated by incidents at companies like Snowflake and Microsoft.
6. **Methodology**:
– The report’s findings are based on data from Grip’s SaaS Security Control Plane (SSCP), encompassing insights from over 29 million SaaS user accounts, 1.7 million identities, and nearly 24,000 potentially risky SaaS applications.
7. **Call to Action**:
– Companies are urged to adopt a proactive stance in adjusting their security strategies to align with rapid SaaS adoption trends.
For more details, organizations are encouraged to download the full report and explore Grip Security’s SaaS Security Control Plane platform for enhanced risk management capabilities.