{"id":24463,"date":"2018-09-03T12:36:48","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T11:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/?p=24463"},"modified":"2018-09-03T12:36:48","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T11:36:48","slug":"kollective-releases-state-of-software-delivery-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/2018\/09\/03\/kollective-releases-state-of-software-delivery-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Kollective releases State of Software Delivery report"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than a quarter (27%) of enterprise IT departments must wait at least a month before they can install vital security updates. That\u2019s according to a new State of Software Delivery<\/a><\/em> report from enterprise content delivery company Kollective, which examines the software testing and distribution bottlenecks throughout large organisations in the US and UK.<\/p>\n

Kollective\u2019s report, which incorporates research from 260 IT managers, leaders and decision makers, highlights how the network security of UK businesses is failing to meet industry expectations. These failings are especially common among large organisations \u2013 with 45% of those with over 100,000 computer terminals having to wait at least a month before installing vital security updates.<\/p>\n

This failure to rapidly deploy and install security updates is placing businesses at greater risk of a targeted cyberattack, as hackers look to exploit the vulnerabilities of outdated systems. Kollective\u2019s report also found that 37% of IT managers list \u2018a failure to install updates\u2019 as the biggest security threat of 2018. This makes outdated software a bigger threat than password vulnerabilities (33%), BYOA\/BYOD (22%) and unsecured USB sticks (9%).<\/p>\n

Kollective blames this failure to install updates on a combination of slow testing procedures and an inability to distribute updates automatically at scale.<\/p>\n

Dan Vetras, CEO of Kollective, said: \u201cFollowing numerous corporate cyberattacks over the last 12 months, today\u2019s businesses are spending more than ever before on enhancing and improving their security systems. But this investment is wasted if they aren\u2019t keeping their systems up-to-date.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile it\u2019s obviously important for IT teams to spend time testing new software and updates before rolling them out, our research has found that many of the delays in software distribution aren\u2019t because of testing but rather a lack of infrastructure.<\/p>\n

\u201cPoorly constructed networks mean that, even those companies that have made a significant investment in security software, are still leaving their organisations vulnerable to attack. With a growing number of applications being left out of date, today\u2019s businesses are creating their own backdoors for hackers, botnets and malware to attack.\u201d<\/p>\n

To find out more about the role of software delivery in enterprise networks and security, download Kollective\u2019s\u00a0State of Software Delivery report.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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