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Turns out, it's not even vendor hype: Resource-constrained enterprises really are turning to third-party tools for data discovery and classification rather than relying on homegrown tools, according to new research.

My esteemed colleague at TechTarget's Enterprise Strategy Group, Jon Brown, and I recently published the research report "Achieving Cyber and Data Resilience: The Intersection of Data Security Posture Management With Data Protection and Governance." The study delved into data resilience, the segment of cyber-resilience focused on data. Data resilience is the intersection of data security posture management (DSPM), data protection, data security and data governance.

One particularly interesting finding in the study was that, while 36% of teams use a homegrown tool for data discovery, resource-constrained teams were more likely to be part of the 46% of enterprises using a commercial, third-party tool for data discovery. In particular, the 54% lacking security skill sets said they are more likely to lean on vendors to supplement their in-house skills shortages by using third-party tools for automated data discovery. In addition, the 26% of organizations that said their teams lacked data resilience skill sets were also less likely to rely on internally developed tools for data discovery.