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Shadow IT: The hidden apps putting your business at risk

Most businesses can name the software they rely on. But there are often other apps being used that nobody mentions: signed up for with a work email because they solved a problem on a busy afternoon. Individually they're harmless enough. Collectively, they can leave your data spread across tools you've never heard of. This free guide looks at the hidden software in most organisations, why it happens, and what business leaders should know before it catches them off guard.

What's Inside?

Shine a light on the tools hiding in the shadows.

  • How shadow IT gets into a business, and why AI has made it easier than ever
  • How one app can become a business problem: your data, your access and your money
  • The hidden productivity cost of tools that don't talk to each other
  • What happens to your information when somebody leaves
  • Why banning everything backfires
  • A practical approach to getting shadow IT under control

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