Shedding Light On Your Shadow IT
InformationWeek, Thursday, November 14th, 2024
Effective management of shadow IT calls for a combination of strong technical measures and cultivating a culture of security awareness, thereby reducing the risks associated with unapproved tools and services.
Shadow IT has long been a problem for companies, from personal devices brought into the workplace to untested software installed inside the perimeter. As companies have moved to cloud, the problem has only become more tangled: Well-meaning employees set up unsanctioned services, and technical teams use unapproved cloud services to add functionality to their projects.
Plus, remote employees and their mashup of consumer and pro-sumer technologies bring less visibility and more risks into the IT-security equation.