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Panaseer is a start-up which aims to help organisations understand and manage their security posture . Security control failures are the leading cause of data breaches , according to 90 % of security leaders . But the more companies invest in security tools , the harder it becomes to manage them and maintain the necessary visibility across their IT and security infrastructure . Jonathan Gill , CEO at Panaseer , explains where the technology industry , as a whole , needs to be heading in the future to ensure cyber success with limited budgets .

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The more companies invest in security tools , the harder it becomes to manage them and maintain the necessary visibility across their IT and security infrastructure . As a result , the proliferation of tools leads to inadequate protection against malicious actors .

Amidst this backdrop , IT and security leaders are faced with the challenge of ensuring continuous business operations while mitigating risk , all while showcasing tangible returns on their security investments . The solution to this problem doesn ’ t lie in simply adopting more point solutions or hiring more people . Instead , we should focus on optimising existing tools to ensure they ’ re effectively deployed , which will help manage the complexity and free up valuable resources to address more strategic areas of security posture management .

The overlooked culprit

One of the core issues behind data breaches is security control failures . Many organisations have all the right tools to protect themselves , but due to the complexity of their environments , they struggle to manage and monitor these controls , leading to unknown and exploitable vulnerabilities .

These failures can vary and include ; controls missing from devices and neglected software patches due to a lack of business priority or unknown ownership of the server or application . Security tools can report on assets and devices where they are deployed , but they simply don ’ t know where they have gaps