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57 % of organizations 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 organizations have their productivity impacted on a daily or weekly basis due to access issues . months . As a result , access , productivity and security create a negative loop .

When technical staff are 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 .
The survey of 600 DevOps professionals highlights the consequences organizations 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
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 organizations ( 57 %) report that it can take days or weeks for access requests to be approved – which isn ’ t counting the 10 % of organizations that don ’ t have clear SLAs for access at all . In the meantime , businesses experience lost productivity as they wait :
The report shows that it takes days to add tools to existing access solutions for 40 % of the organizations surveyed , with 21 % of businesses waiting weeks or
• Access issues consistently impact productivity : 64 % of organizations have their productivity impacted on a daily or weekly basis due to access issues .
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