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Organizations that use more than five disconnected security tools are twice as likely to miss critical threats compared to organizations with an integrated toolset.

PublisherUpGuard
ReportThe Context Gap
Published18 March 2026
TopicsSecurity Tools, Threat Detection, Critical Threats, SOC

Published by UpGuard in The Context Gap, 18 March 2026. The figure is taken from the report as published; the full methodology is in the source.

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