Intelligent Fin.tech Issue 01 | Page 20

INFOGRAPHIC

57 % OF ORGANISATIONS TAKE WEEKS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS TO BE APPROVED

strongDM , the company behind a People-First Access Platform , has released the results of its latest survey , the 2022 Access-Productivity Gap Report , which revealed that almost two-thirds of organisations have their productivity impacted on a daily or weekly basis due to access issues . The survey of 600 DevOps professionals highlights the consequences organisations can face when access is poorly managed and technical teams turn to workarounds to access critical systems .

Over half of technical staff wait days or weeks for access to critical systems
The report shows that it takes days to add tools to existing access solutions for 40 % of the organisations surveyed , with 21 % of businesses waiting weeks or months . As a result , access , productivity and security create a negative loop . When technical staff is unable to access new tools , productivity is impacted . When that happens , it should come as no surprise that impatient employees will devise workarounds that create unintended security risks .
In an effort to keep data and systems secure , access to infrastructure and new tools is restricted to ensure security . But at what cost ? Over half of organisations ( 57 %) report that it can take days or weeks for access requests to be approved – which isn ’ t counting the 10 % of organisations that don ’ t have clear SLAs for access at all .
20 www . intelligentfin . tech