"Gartner: Most Businesses Are Dropping Security Vendors to Improve Cyber Resiliency"

A survey conducted by Gartner finds that many international companies are actively attempting to reduce the number of cybersecurity vendors they rely on in their technology stacks. In total, 75 percent of organizations surveyed by Gartner expressed dissatisfaction with their overall security posture due to the reliance on too many vendors' products. When compared to last year's results, the percentage of organizations looking to homogenize their security stack has increased by 29 percent, with the primary reason being improved security instead of budget constraints. Another reason for the increase in 2022 is that organizations report wanting to reduce the complexity of learning, using, and managing all of the products they own. According to John Watts, VP analyst at Gartner, security and risk management leaders are increasingly dissatisfied with operational inefficiencies and the lack of integration of a heterogeneous security stack, so they are trying to reduce the number of security vendors they use. Gartner analysts identified Extended Detection and Response (XDR) and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) as solutions to start consolidating vendors. SASE focuses on securing enterprise access, whereas XDR focuses on detecting and responding to threats via increased visibility on networks, clouds, endpoints, and other components. According to Gartner, 41.5 percent of survey respondents plan to implement SASE solutions in their organizations by the end of the year, and 54.5 percent plan to implement XDR before 2023. This article continues to discuss key findings from Gartner's research survey regarding cybersecurity vendor consolidation. 

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