--- date: 2022-09-26 description: Michael Bargury argues that the traditional separation of SaaS and public cloud security hinders effective risk management as low-code SaaS platforms evolve into business-centric application development solutions. With business users increasingly acting as developers, applications built on these platforms require the same rigorous security measures applied to cloud-hosted applications. This shift necessitates a reevaluation of security strategies to include the myriad applications stemming from enterprise SaaS, which currently lack adequate visibility and governance, thus exposing organizations to heightened cyber risks. link: /archive/2022-09-26-we-re-thinking-about-saas-the-wrong-way tags: - Cyber Risk Management - Cloud Computing - Application Development - SaaS Security - Low Code - weblog title: We're Thinking About SaaS the Wrong Way type: weblog --- {% raw %} Many enterprise applications are built outside of IT, but we still treat the platforms they're built with as point solutions. {% endraw %}