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Is Having Too Many Apps Expanding Your Threat Surface?

What cloud architects need to know about the risks of application proliferation and its effect on your threat surface

Published June 2020
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Can you have too many apps? How many is too many? Do you even know how many you have or (yikes) who has access to them? A recent IDG study found that the average company has 1,742 apps, with about 60% of app development happening in house. With the volume of apps continually increasing, companies are striving for self-service, automation, and centralized management.