Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 97 | Page 78

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t cht lk dynamic cloud native environments , and organisations urgently need to find new solutions .

Level of visibility security and two-thirds reported that their current security solutions work well in silos but not together . This means that they can ’ t get a comprehensive view of their organisation ’ s security posture .
Applications are at the heart of digital transformation initiatives . They enable employees to carry out their daily functions more efficiently , they empower teams to collaborate across geographies , and they afford customers the convenience of instant access to services via the device of their choice .
Instead of being aided by their technology investments , IT teams are inundated by security alerts from multiple vulnerability scanning tools . This hampers their ability to cut through the data noise , making it significantly more challenging to quickly analyse issues and understand the level of risk .
The number of applications therefore is skyrocketing , while the windows for development and deployment are constantly shrinking . But , in the rush to deliver new applications , security has often struggled to keep pace .
Cloud infrastructures , while undeniably convenient and effective , greatly expand the attack surface area . IT teams now struggle with gaping visibility gaps in their Kubernetes environments , leaving mission-critical cloud native applications vulnerable to attack .
Alert fatigue
We recently asked global technologists about the challenges they are facing in managing application
In fact , the same study found that 59 % of technologists are understandably feeling overwhelmed by the volume of security threats and vulnerabilities to their organisation , they simply have not got the insights and resources required to manage an ever more complex application security landscape .
This challenge is so significant that it even has its own name , alert fatigue . Unfortunately , the result is that many IT teams are ending up in security limbo , not being able to deliver the impact they would like because they simply do not know what to focus on and prioritise . And inevitably , as a result , the likelihood of a revenue-impacting security event rises higher .
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