The bottom line: 66 percent of German enterprises lack complete visibility of their IT assets, leading to security gaps and uncontrolled attack vectors.
Two-thirds of German enterprises cannot fully capture and manage their IT assets. This presents a significant risk for CISOs, as uninventoried assets cannot be protected.
According to a recent survey, 66 percent of surveyed German enterprises report having partially or completely lost control of their IT assets. This means that a large portion of organizations do not know which hardware and software, devices, servers, or cloud instances are active in their network or what data is being processed there.
For Chief Information Security Officers, this situation is critical: asset management is a prerequisite for effective security measures. Those who do not know which systems exist cannot inventory them, patch them, check them for vulnerabilities, or adequately secure them. Shadow IT, obsolete or decommissioned systems that slip out of view, become uncontrolled attack vectors for attackers.
The lack of asset control is often linked to technical and organizational challenges: decentralized IT structures, rapid cloud migration, insufficient staff, lack of automation in inventory management, and inadequate integration of security and management tools are common causes. Additionally, there is a shortage of skilled personnel, which makes it difficult for many organizations to establish consistent asset tracking.
To regain control, experts recommend automated, continuous capture of network devices, regular compliance audits, and the implementation of centralized asset management solutions. A realistic inventory is the first step toward making security risks tangible and prioritizable.
Source: news.google.com · Published July 6, 2026
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