Is Your Organization In Control Of Its IT And Security Environment?
The security landscape is rapidly evolving. With the adoption of public cloud, software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications, and anywhere work, security teams must secure and provide access to infinite locations. This increased complexity has caused IT and security teams to lose control of their environments. Failure to regain control of the IT and security environment has significant business consequences.
Take this two-minute quiz to see how your organization compares to other organizations, and uncover best practices in “Regaining Control with a Connectivity Cloud”.
Which of the following is biggest challenge for your organization’s IT and security teams? (Choose one.)
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IT and security respondents are struggling to support the new workforce.
Forty-eight percent of respondents said their organization is struggling to support evolving user types and a growing number of users. Further, respondents are challenged to manage the growing attack surface and comply with the growing complexity of compliance requirements.
Base: 449 global decision-makers at the director level or higher who influence or direct their organization’s choice of enterprise solutions
Note: Showing top four challenges
Source: A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Cloudflare, August 2023
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Think about the IT and security challenges you just ranked. Which of the following business priorities are likely to be impacted if these challenges are not adequately addressed? (Select all that apply.)
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Failure to address these challenges will generate negative business impact.
Respondents indicated that a failure to address challenges will impact customer experience, employee experience, productivity, competitive advantage, time to market, and their organization’s overall risk profile.
Base: Variable global decision-makers at the director level or higher who influence or direct their organization’s choice of enterprise solutions
Note: Showing top challenges
Source: A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Cloudflare, August 2023
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For the following questions, consider a hypothetical solution that has the following attributes.
How valuable would this solution be to your organization?
A cloud platform that:
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96% Valuable
A connectivity cloud would produce business benefits.
Respondents would expect connectivity cloud to increase productivity, improve time to market, grow overall revenue, accelerate digital transformation initiatives, and reduce the attack surface area.
Base: 449 Global Director+ decision makers who influence or direct their organizations choice of Enterprise solutions
Source: A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Cloudflare, August 2023
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Read more about how a connectivity cloud can help your organization regain control of its IT and security environment with the Forrester Consulting Thought Leadership Paper titled, “Regaining Control with a Connectivity Cloud”
