Research report

The impact of exploitable misconfigurations on network security

This independent study looks at the current approaches to mitigating the risks of exploitable misconfigurations in network security.

Coleman Parkes surveyed 160 senior cybersecurity decision-makers and found that network professionals feel confident with their security and compliance practices but data suggests that they also leave their organizations open to risk, which is costing a significant amount of revenue.

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Some businesses are not minimizing their attack surface effectively.

Companies are prioritizing firewall security and report a fast time to respond to misconfigurations when detected in annual audits.

However, switches and routers are only included in 4% of audits and these devices play a vital role in reducing an organization’s attack surface and preventing lateral movement across the network.

Report: Impact of exploitable misconfigurations on network security

About the report

Networks can change on a daily basis (typically through planned activity) resulting in configuration drift between audits. So, Titania wanted to understand more about how organizations are currently managing the critical risks associated with misconfigured network devices - namely firewalls, switches and routers.

The survey asked how organizations currently detect and mitigate vulnerabilites in this part of the network and how confident they are that devices maintain a secure configuration at all times.

Exploitable network misconfigurations cost organizations 9% of total annual revenue

75-percennt

of organizations say their businesses rely on compliance to deliver security

96-percent

of organizations do not assess switches and routers as well as firewall

70-percent

of organizations report difficulties prioritizing remediation based on risk

The impact of exploitable misconfigurations on network security