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Overview
Shadow IT comprises, among other things, the unauthorized use of cloud applications without formal IT approval. These tools are typically discovered through employee browser activity, which reveals unmanaged or rejected applications.
The appropriate handling of Shadow IT within your organization can help you with the following issues:
- Reduces security and compliance risks
- Highlights unaudited software usage
- Enables proactive vendor management
- Helps consolidate overlapping tools
Discover Shadow IT
To discover unauthorized SaaS applications and licenses in your environment, follow these steps:
- In Licenses, go to Home > SaaS Applications.
- Refer to the Shadow IT Applications widget.
- Click the widget to review a list of applications grouped by status.