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EWTON, Mass. & VIENNA, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)–Driven by security operations complexity, nearly half (46%) of organizations are consolidating or plan on consolidating the number of vendors they do business with. As a result of this drive toward security technology consolidation, 77% of infosec pros would like to see more industry cooperation and support for open standards promoting interoperability. As thousands of cybersecurity technology vendors compete against each other across numerous security product categories, organizations are aiming to optimize all<\/em> security technologies in their stack at once, and vendors that support open standards for technology integration will be best positioned to meet this change in the industry, according to a new annual global study of cybersecurity professionals by the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)<\/a> and independent industry analyst firm Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The new research report, Technology Perspectives from Cybersecurity Professional<\/em>s, surveyed 280 cybersecurity professionals, which were primarily ISSA members, focused on security processes and technologies and revealed that 83% of security professionals believe that future technology interoperability depends upon established industry standards. The report shows a cybersecurity landscape that looks favorably towards security product suites (or platforms) as it moves away from a defense-in-depth strategy based on deploying best-of-breed cybersecurity products; a historical precedent that has steadily increased organizational complexity and contributed to substantial operations overhead.<\/p>\n

From Best-of-Breed to Integrated Platforms<\/strong><\/p>\n

Security professionals have long believed that purchasing best-of-breed products provided the best overall defense-in-depth. However, as the number of security products has skyrocketed, many organizations manage 25 or more independent security tools\u2014an approach that comes with substantial operations overhead.<\/p>\n

Security professionals identified numerous problems associated with managing an assortment of security products from different vendors such as increased training requirements, difficulty getting a holistic picture of security, and the need for manual intervention to fill the gaps between products. As a result of these issues, 21% of organizations are consolidating the number of vendors they do business with and 25% are considering consolidating.<\/p>\n

Most common reasons for vendor consolidation<\/strong><\/p>\n