Many companies are increasingly facing a major obstacle in the context of digitization. Although employees are provided with all the IT resources they need to carry out their work, many employees use their own systems instead. These are already better known to them or simply more convenient. Such technologies are often clouds or online-based IT systems such as Dropbox or AWS. And the big problem is already there: a shadow IT arises, which entails a lot of risks and security traps. What does the term “shadow IT” mean exactly? Shadow IT is the unauthorized use of off-duty secondary systems that are used by employees in addition to or even instead of the company’s internal IT solutions. Employees can quickly be dazzled by the simple handling or a pretty design. At the same time, they forget to consider the associated risks. What the workforce is often not aware of: Unofficial apps…
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