The attack surface has expanded by 41% in the past 12 months, indicating a significant increase in potential vulnerabilities.

Rapidly expanding attack surfaces are cited by 38% of cybersecurity and cyber risk leaders as a reason for increased difficulty in managing cyber risk today vs five years ago.

46% of respondents used savings from optimization, automation, and outsourcing to increase coverage of the attack surface.

Six in 10 respondents point to increased visibility across attack surfaces due to automation efforts.

39% believe that if you don’t manage asset-related risks properly, it will weaken your standing in the marketplace, making it harder to win new business or keep up with rivals.

75% of cybersecurity incidents occur due to unmanaged assets.

42% of respondents said that if you don’t manage asset-related risks properly, you’re likely to experience disruptions to day-to-day operations—e.g., outages, downtime, or process failures.

55% of organizations surveyed said they have no processes in place to continuously manage attack surface risk.

Just 43% of global organizations use dedicated tools to proactively manage risk across their attack surface.

On average, only 27% of responding organizations' budgets are dedicated to managing attack surface risk.

91% of respondents acknowledged that attack surface management is either directly or somewhat connected to their organization's business risk.

77% of companies claimed that their current resources are adequate for addressing attack surface challenges

73% of cybersecurity leaders surveyed have experienced security incidents due to unknown or unmanaged assets.

39% believe that if you don’t manage asset-related risks properly, it will erode customer confidence and damage your brand image.

39% believe that if you don’t manage asset-related risks properly, it will have impacts on your supply chain partnerships.

38% of respondents believe that if you don’t manage asset-related risks properly, it can lead to link to drops in staff efficiency.

38% believe that if you don’t manage asset-related risks properly, it can impact financial performance.

Approximately 1 in 4 organizations said they’re concerned about how AI use in the enterprise will make them more attackable (AI and generative AI concerns)