"Security Teams are Responsible for Over 165k Asset"

Security researchers at JupiterOne have discovered that stretched IT security teams threaten to become overwhelmed by the number of assets they must defend, especially those in the cloud. The security researchers analyzed 370 million assets at nearly 1,300 organizations to compile their 2022 State of Cyber Assets Report.  These cyber assets could include cloud workloads, devices, network assets, applications, data assets, and users. The researchers found that the average security team is responsible for managing over 165,000 cyber assets. That amounts to 500 cyber assets for every human employee, making automation a must for effective security. The researchers noted that much of the challenge centers around the cloud, which accounted for 90% of device assets and 97% of security findings. Although cloud network assets outnumber physical networks by nearly 60:1, analysis of 10 million security policies found that less than 30% were cloud specific. Devices including hosts and agents outnumbered human staff by a ratio of 110:1, with the average sized team responsible for managing 32,190 devices. The researchers stated that dynamic network architectures also represent an increasing challenge to security teams. The researchers claimed that static IP addresses now comprise less than 1% of network assets, with dynamic network interfaces accounting for 56%.

Infosecurity reports: "Security Teams are Responsible for Over 165k Asset"