CHANNEL PARTNERS – SPECIAL FEATURE – Shadow IT Finds its Home Underneath the Company’s Security Blanket, Podcast

As Managed Service Providers and Internet Telephony Service Providers take on more responsibility for their customers including security, a dormant threat starts to surface as an unauthorized network access point.  The unintended consequences of Shadow IT, or the employee’s enthusiasm to use a new application to help streamline his work, undermine the security efforts established in the company security policy. John Harden John Harden, Founder and Head of Business Operations at Saaslio, defines Shadow IT for Don Witt of the Channel Daily News, a TR Publication. More specifically, Shadow IT refers to technology systems deployed by departments other than the central IT department, to work around the shortcomings of the central information systems. While, the intentions are honorable, the results can be devastating for the company. Saaslio helps MSPs and ITSPs identify the unauthorized SaaS applications or the files that come along with those applications. Eight out of ten applications on a company network are Shadow IT applications. While they may seem innocent enough, they are responsible for 21% of cyber events. Security change management needs to be implemented requiring users to only use sanctioned IT. While this may seem to be a daunting task, Saaslio can assist with a quarterly report or in an ongoing basis. Listen in as John provides some very insightful and useful information for MSPs and ITSPs about Shadow IT. Saaslio was founded in March 2020 to help MSPs & ITSPs solve the rapidly growing SaaS landscape. Saaslio was built to help provide insights & tactical data for partners to help manage and wrangle their client's SaaS ecosystem. Founder, John Harden, comes from a background of working in the IT MSP space, working inside the ecosystem for nearly 14 years. The goal of the organization is to bring to light all the Shadow IT & sanctioned IT in an organization together for MSPs. With insights into Shadow IT, MSPs can better serve their customers from a security, operational and financial position. For more information, go to: https://www.saaslio.com/ or see them in the SaaSmax Booth #1067 at Channel Partners