Security solution fragmentationis recognized as a significant driver of increasing security threats in the market. When organizations implement multiple, disjointed point solutions from different vendors, the lack of integration creates security gaps, operational complexity, and blind spots that adversaries can exploit. Cisco official documentation states:

"Organizations today often have disparate and uncoordinated security technologies deployed, which creates operational complexity and gaps that adversaries can exploit. The fragmentation of security solutions is a major reason why attackers are able to move laterally across the network and remain undetected."

(Source: Cisco 2023 Cybersecurity Readiness Index, and Cisco Secure Portfolio Overview, Cisco Validated Design Guides.)

Fragmented security solutions also increase the risk of misconfiguration and make it more difficult to detect and respond to threats in real-time, thus directly contributing to the growth of security threats in the enterprise environment. Comprehensive, integrated security architectures are recommended by Cisco to address these challenges effectively.