Digital connectivity expands attack surfaces and creates new vulnerabilities. Cyberattacks are becoming more sophisticated and harder to defend against. And AI is being used by both defenders and attackers, creating a race in cybersecurity capabilities. Cybersecurity tools and solutions abound, most promising some sort of sea change. In reality though, many deliver only a ripple or, at best, a passing wave. Why? Complexity is getting in the way of results. The cybersecurity landscape has always been a complex web of threats and countermeasures. But the proliferation of threats and the mind-boggling number of potential responses today is enough to rob a Chief Information Security Officer or Chief Technology Officer of some much-needed sleep.

Organizations juggle an average of 83 different security solutions from 29 vendors. It’s unnecessary convolution and risk. More tools equal more threats; every integration is a potential point of entry for bad actors. In today’s world, effective security requires platformization. Platformized organizations take 72 days less, on average, to detect a security incident and 84 days less to contain one. Consolidating multiple tools into a unified platform not only bolsters security posture, it also reduces costs and improves operational efficiency—two things any C-suite executive or business leader will welcome. And when it comes to AI, a platform approach best enables an organization to ingest and analyze data, and then deliver actionable insights.