Shadow IT
The phenomenon in which employees independently use or build applications, tools and services without the approval or knowledge of the IT department, rooted in the speed gap between business demand and IT supply.
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Timeline (last 90 days)
The stronger the friction of security measures, the more likely they are to encourage employees to find workarounds, expanding the scale of shadow IT.
Shadow IT refers to the practice of employees or departments bypassing corporate IT controls to privately use unapproved software, devices, or cloud services
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Shadow IT refers to the practice of employees or departments bypassing corporate IT controls to privately use unapproved software, devices, or cloud services
75%UnverifiedThe stronger the friction of security measures, the more likely they are to encourage employees to find workarounds, expanding the scale of shadow IT.
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