The average company uses 1,083 cloud services. However, of these, only 108 are known to the IT department, and 975 are shadow IT. This term refers to those programs, devices, and apps that are not authorized by the IT department. ...

When employees at your company use software, apps, and devices that the IT department has not sanctioned, this is referred to as shadow IT. Although these solutions might be more familiar and comfortable to your employees, they can bring vulnerabilities...

There are a host of factors that can eat a company’s bottom line. Four ways in which this can happen are through cyber attacks, sanctions for contraventions of compliance, reduced productivity and inefficient systems. Unfortunately, shadow IT can cause all...

Bypassing the IT department to implement software solutions for work is not a new phenomenon. Known as shadow IT or rogue IT, it refers to any software used that doesn’t have the explicit permission of the IT department. Unfortunately, this...

There are many ways that companies suffer financial losses from the use of unauthorized third-party software. And in the current economic climate, no business can afford to throw away money in this manner. But how much does shadow IT cost...

There is some debate within the corporate world about how much of companies’ IT spending goes towards shadow IT. That is, the solutions that are not sanctioned by the IT department but by other business units instead. Estimates suggest it...

It is a telling fact that experts believe 40% of IT spending in companies is not initiated by the IT department. This shows how important it is to understand how to manage shadow IT.  One of the drivers behind the...