Understanding the state of SaaS security and what steps organizations are taking is essential for organizations to protect themselves from SaaS risks.

SaaS-to-SaaS (third-party) app installations are growing nonstop. When an employee needs an additional app to increase their efficiency or productivity, they rarely think twice before installing and don't even realize that this SaaS-to-SaaS connectivity, which requires scopes like the ability to read, update, create, and delete content, increases their organization's attack surface in a significant way.

In SaaS security, new threats emerge quickly and organizations' priorities must adjust accordingly. Staying up to date with the latest information is vital to staying secure across all domains.

According to latest research, 35% of security breaches are a result of a misconfiguration. With companies easily averaging over 100 applications, each with hundreds of configurations and multiple users, misconfiguration management is much easier said than done.

Keeping your data secure used to be as easy as setting a username and password, but today that's no longer the case. Access control and IAM tools go a long way, but they alone are still not enough to keep a secure SaaS stack. Identity and Access Governance takes these solutions one step further by making sure the right people have the right access to the right places at the right time. Join Eliana V as she explains how Identity and Access Governance comes into play with the different types of users.

2023 While security teams carry the weight and responsibility for securing SaaS apps, users, and devices, they don’t always have access to do so. Nowadays, many apps are owned by business department users who sit far out of the scope of the security team. This democratization of security can leave organizations exposed and at risk of an attack.