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‘Shadow IT’ poses a rapidly growing risk
The use of ‘shadow IT’, where staff purchase software without the approval of their IT department, is still on the rise. Despite being acutely aware of the cyber risks involved, three-quarters of security professionals admit to using off-the-shelf software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications in the last year. According to a survey of over 250 global security professionals carried out by cybersecurity firm Next DLP, 73 percent admitted to using SaaS applications, with over half of the respondents naming data loss (65 percent), lack of visibility and control (62 percent) and data breaches (52 percent) as the chief risks inherent in using unauthorized tools. One in ten also admitted they were certain their organization had suffered a data breach or data loss as a result.