Analyst Research
Managing cyber risk: Evolve from fragmented security to unified exposure management
What 400 security and IT professionals have to say about the state of cyber risk and exposure management
Find out how your peers are overcoming cyber risk challenges and shifting toward exposure management.
If you think managing cyber risk is getting harder, you’re not alone: 71% of security and IT leaders surveyed by Enterprise Strategy Group say risk reduction is as hard or harder than it was two years ago.
That’s not all: This report from Enterprise Strategy Group explores the latest trends in cyber risk and exposure management, highlighting inefficiencies in current security practices and guidance to help organizations adapt to today’s complex threat landscape.
Discover what’s holding teams back and how to accelerate risk reduction at scale.
Download the report to learn:
- Why organizations are increasing their budgets for exposure management — and by how much
- How frequently your peers analyze their environments for exposures — and why it’s not often enough
- Why DIY approaches to exposure management create a false sense of security
- The metrics your peers use to assess the effectiveness of their exposure management and cyber risk management processes
- And so much more.
Cyber risk and exposure management report highlights
Current risk reduction processes rely upon siloed technologies that each have their own bespoke contextual data set. These silos make it complex for security analysis to occur at a holistic and contextual level.
DIY exposure management creates risk
72% of security teams that start with a DIY approach move to an exposure management platform.
Manual and fragmented approaches slow cyber risk management
34% of organizations still operate with a combination of manual processes and siloed point solutions, causing friction and hindering cyber risk reduction at scale.
Crucial context is consistently overlooked
62% of security teams still rely on basic exploitability and severity scores, neglecting crucial business context, leading to inaccurate prioritization.
Source: The Evolution of Risk Reduction: Contextual Analysis and Automated Remediation in Threat and Exposure Management, Enterprise Strategy Group, July 2025
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