Study Reveals Extensive Use of SaaS Applications and Security Challenges

In 2024, a study revealed that organizations use an average of 112 SaaS applications, a number that continues to rise. Among the 644 respondents who frequently use Microsoft 365, 49% believed they had fewer than 10 applications connected to the platform, while aggregated data indicated an average of over 1,000 SaaS-to-SaaS connections per deployment. This disparity highlights a lack of awareness of the true extent of SaaS connections, underscoring growing security challenges.