A rapidly changing threat landscape has made organizational security
more crucial and challenging than ever. Organizations have responded
by investing in an enormous number of disconnected point solutions.
However, a combination of disjointed products that all operate
independently and generate a large amount of data has culminated in
a crisis of complexity. As a result, security teams are unable to get the
most out of their investments and must spend even more to properly
secure their environments. The need to reduce complexity has never
been clearer.
IBM commissioned Forrester Consulting to evaluate the state of
security complexity and the effect it is having on security efficiency
and effectiveness. To explore this topic, Forrester conducted a survey
with 200 global security professionals with responsibility for security
strategy and/or security technology purchases. We found that nearly all
respondents report concerns over complexity. However, organizations
that have taken steps to simplify their security ecosystems, including
consolidating solutions onto a single management platform, have seen
meaningful benefits.