The Buy Vs. Build Dilemma: Pitfalls of the DIY Approach to Exposure Management
Tenable, October 2,2025
Some security teams are taking a do-it-yourself approach to exposure management, according to a recent study conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group, now part of Omdia, in partnership with Tenable.
But are they really ready for the hidden costs and challenges that come with a homegrown system?
Key takeaways
1. Organizations are managing as many as 25 different security tools and struggling to make sense of all the alerts and data.
2. Some teams are turning to homegrown data security lakes and data fabrics to stitch together the output from all these tools.
3. DIY solutions introduce hidden costs and risks and place burdens on security teams, distracting them from their main mission: reducing cyber risk.