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Nearly Three-Quarters of CIOs Lack Insights into their Cloud App Spend

Torii report finds wasted SaaS spending, cybersecurity threats and outdated technology compromise company success.

April 28, 2023 Alyssa Borelli Leave a Comment

Torii’s latest research reveals that 75% of CIOs are concerned about wasted SaaS spend, but lack good visibility and effective frameworks to evaluate their investment. The distributed SaaS management platform provider’s “State of IT Mind Report” also highlights CIOs’ challenges with cybersecurity and outdated technology. “Many IT teams are lean and don’t have the human […]

Is Your Organization Testing Against the Right Cyber Threats?

New research shows that organizations are testing against cyber threats in the headlines rather than attacks they're more likely to face.

April 12, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Ransomware, supply chain attacks and nation-state threat actors have grabbed mainstream headlines in recent years, and organizations are largely recognizing that they must invest more in cybersecurity to defend against those emerging techniques. However, new research shows that some organizations are prioritizing defending against those trending, newsworthy threats at the expense of the threats actually […]

Businesses Need Secure and Fast Collaboration

Businesses are trying to figure out how to combine the best of both worlds: real-time collaboration with control, visibility and security.

December 13, 2022 Ofer Klein Leave a Comment

According to a recent study, 96% of corporate executives think that productive remote and hybrid work is dependent on clear communication. Additionally, Slack asserts that the use of collaboration tools can boost productivity by 30%. It makes sense that organizations are adopting these SaaS based technologies, given their many advantages. They facilitate collaboration, which is […]

Software License Visibility Issues Could Be Costly

Organizations could be spending too much on software licenses due to a lack of visibility into adoption and usage of SaaS, web apps.

December 8, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Organizations are constantly bringing new software into their tech stack, but IT leaders are finding it difficult to gain visibility into adoption and usage of company issued applications, with just 5% saying they have complete visibility into the total number of employees that adopt and use company-approved applications. The data comes from a study conducted […]

Is Your IT Team Struggling to Manage the Organization’s SaaS Apps?

Recently released studies from SaaS management platforms Zluri and Torii provide new insight into IT’s difficulties in managing cloud apps.

October 28, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Despite cloud-based software becoming a key part of any organization’s IT strategy, many are struggling to gain visibility into their SaaS ecosystem and manage those apps, forcing IT teams to think differently about SaaS deployment and reducing shadow IT, according to new research. Two recently released studies from SaaS app management platforms Zluri and Torii […]

Passwordless Technology is Here to Stay

A Bitwarden survey reveals business leaders are on board with passwordless workflows as weak or reused passwords present vulnerabilities.

October 25, 2022 Alyssa Borelli Leave a Comment

Passwordless technology is here to stay, according to the latest research from Bitwarden, the Santa Barabara, Calif.-based provider of open source password manager for businesses and individuals. It’s 2023 Password Decisions Survey polled 800 IT decision makers across a range of industries, showing that businesses are enthusiastic about passwordless technology and its perceived security benefits […]

Microsoft Announces Defender Threat Intelligence, External Attack Surface Management

Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence and Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management are the company's two newest security tools.

August 2, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft has announced two new security products in the Microsoft Defender family designed to provide IT and security professionals with deeper context into threat actor activity and help organizations better secure their infrastructure and reduce their attack surface. With Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence, security operations teams can uncover attacker infrastructure and accelerate their investigations and […]

Microsoft Releases Security Posture Management for Defender for Cloud Apps

Microsoft is releasing a new security posture management tool for Defender for Cloud Apps to give visibility into misconfigurations.

June 27, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is releasing a new security posture management tool for Defender for Cloud Apps to help organizations protect their cloud apps as organizations continue to adopt cloud-native software-as-a-service applications to meet their changing needs. The public preview of SaaS Security Posture Management in Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is designed to help IT teams view, […]

DataGrail Launches API & Agent to Automate DSR Fulfillment Across All Internal Data Systems, Saving Companies Weeks of Engineering Time

June 10, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

By integrating with a full range of third-party SaaS apps, custom databases, data warehouses, unstructured data stores, and internally built apps, DataGrail offers the industry’s most complete DSR management solution. SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#CCPA—DataGrail, a leading data privacy platform, announced that it is enhancing its DSR automation capabilities to internal data systems such as custom databases, […]

Skyhigh Security Advances Safe Hybrid Work Environments With Portfolio Enhancements at RSA Conference 2022

June 6, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Skyhigh Security SSE portfolio addresses multiple use cases, protecting data regardless of where it lies SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–RSA CONFERENCE–Skyhigh Security today announced new enhancements to its Secure Service Edge (SSE) platform at RSA Conference 2022. These latest innovations to Skyhigh Security’s Secure Web Gateway (SWG), Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Private Access (ZTNA), Data […]