Adaptive Shield commissioned CSA to develop a survey and report to better understand the industry’s knowledge, attitudes, and opinions regarding SaaS application use, SaaS security policies and processes, SaaS threats, and SaaS security strategy/solutions. Adaptive Shield financed the project and co-developed the questionnaire with CSA research analysts. The survey was conducted online by CSA in March of 2023 and received 1130 responses from IT and security professionals from organizations of various sizes and locations. CSA’s research analysts performed the data analysis and interpretation for this report.

The goal of this survey was to understand the current state of SaaS security and misconfigurations. The survey was conducted online by CSA from January to February 2022 and received 340 responses from IT and security professionals from various organization sizes and locations. CSA’s research team performed the data analysis and interpretation for this report.