"Vulnerable Cloud Attack Surface Grows Almost 600 Percent"

JupiterOne, a company specializing in cyber asset visibility and management, has released a new report showing that the number of enterprise cyber assets has increased by 133 percent, from an average of 165,000 in 2022 to 393,419 in 2023. The report analyzed more than 291 million assets, findings, and policies to establish the current state of enterprise cloud assets, including cloud and physical environments of devices, networks, apps, data, and users. According to the report, the number of security vulnerabilities, or unresolved findings, has increased by 589 percent among organizations. Security is critical to an organization's overall health and public safety. Large organizations have an average of 2,011 cyber assets per employee, compared to 681 for small businesses and 489 for medium-sized businesses. In 2023, security professionals are responsible for an average of 334 unique Cloud Service Provider (CSP) accounts across all organizational sizes. This article continues to discuss key findings from JupiterOne's 2023 The State of Cyber Assets Report. 

BetaNews reports "Vulnerable Cloud Attack Surface Grows Almost 600 Percent"