Lack of visibility across IT environments creates further risk and is a complex issue, without a single known cause clear to IT leaders. Cybersecurity protocols, lack of employee training and hesitancy to adopt tools contribute to this lack of visibility

What are your biggest barriers to achieving visibility across your IT environment, including software, hardware, SaaS and cloud?

Cybersecurity protocols that make it difficult to access the data needed

38%

Lack of resources such as budget/employees to bring necessary details together

32%

Lack of skills across the IT organisation

29%

IT organisation is too siloed

26%

Business units owning technology applications and/or spend

24%

Agreement of and/or accountability of the ownership of technology

23%

Historic challenges preventing change to the way we manage technology

23%

Reluctance to adopt another tool, even if it solves the visibility issue

22%

Teams do not share information

18%

None of these, we have no barriers

10%

Cybersecurity protocols that make it difficult to access the data needed

38%

Lack of resources such as budget/employees to bring necessary details together

32%

Lack of skills across the IT organisation

29%

IT organisation is too siloed

26%

Business units owning technology applications and/or spend

24%

Agreement of and/or accountability of the ownership of technology

23%

Historic challenges preventing change to the way we manage technology

23%

Reluctance to adopt another tool, even if it solves the visibility issue

22%

Teams do not share information

18%

None of these, we have no barriers

10%

Cybersecurity protocols that make it difficult to access the data needed

38%

Lack of resources such as budget/employees to bring necessary details together

32%

Lack of skills across the IT organisation

29%

IT organisation is too siloed

26%

Business units owning technology applications and/or spend

24%

Agreement of and/or accountability of the ownership of technology

23%

Historic challenges preventing change to the way we manage technology

23%

Reluctance to adopt another tool, even if it solves the visibility issue

22%

Teams do not share information

18%

None of these, we have no barriers

10%

Cybersecurity protocols that make it difficult to access the data needed

38%

Lack of resources such as budget/employees to bring necessary details together

32%

Lack of skills across the IT organisation

29%

IT organisation is too siloed

26%

Business units owning technology applications and/or spend

24%

Agreement of and/or accountability of the ownership of technology

23%

Historic challenges preventing change to the way we manage technology

23%

Reluctance to adopt another tool, even if it solves the visibility issue

22%

Teams do not share information

18%

None of these, we have no barriers

10%

Flexera, 2024