Define: "Shadow IT" in Business
Catastrophic fiscal burn
"Block the domains at the firewall level. Make them submit a formal exception request so their rogue spending is documented."
Information technology systems, devices, or applications deployed without explicit organizational approval.
What does "Shadow IT" actually mean?
"The marketing department secretly expensing a SaaS application that you will eventually be forced to secure when it gets breached."
"The security team is conducting a software audit to identify and mitigate the risks of shadow IT."
"Our entire lead generation strategy is currently running on Shadow IT because the CMO bought a sketchy cloud tool with a corporate card."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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