Tool Sprawl
Cybersecurity statistics about tool sprawl
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32% of organizations use 11 or more tools to manage their unstructured data.
Of organizations that use 11 or more tools to manage unstructured data, 12% rely on at least 21 tools.
55% of IT professionals report using too many monitoring and observability tools
65% of organizations find integrating cybersecurity tools too complicated.
Organizations that succeed in integrating cybersecurity tools report 40% faster threat remediation and far more comprehensive visibility.
Many organizations run 50 or more security products.
69% of organizations use more than 10 detection and response tools.
39% of organizations use more than 20 detection and response tools.
55% of IT and security leaders report having too many point solutions in their security stack.
45% of enterprise organizations use six or more security operations tools.
97% of organizations prioritize consolidating their cloud security footprint due to tool sprawl.
Organizations used an average of 65 security tools in 2025, a decrease from 91 tools in 2024, but 73% of security leaders indicated that the time from detecting an attack to resolution has increased.
Enterprises now use an average of 85 SaaS applications, contributing to security tool sprawl.