Shadow IT SaaS may be the best option for your company if you are looking to save money on software, get a more customized solution that is tailored specifically to your needs or have an easy-to-use interface. The challenges that shadow IT presents are a lack of centralization and management, security concerns, and issues with business continuity. A company’s data may be exposed due to the use of unauthorized software. The data may become inaccessible due to two different systems in use in the company.

A shadow IT application is a software application that an organization does not have the right to use but is using anyway. The new software may be better than the current one, but the organization has no way of knowing what security measures were taken by the developer.

The risk from network-accessed shadow IT applications is that they may contain malware or spyware. The malware may come from the unauthorized application itself, or it could come from an infected USB stick. There are also risks of hacking and data loss as a result of the unauthorized software being used by employees outside of company-approved networks.

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