Threat of shadow IT study
Report published by Symantec Security
- 64% of employees report that they have created at least one account (app and/or cloud) in the past 12 months that their company’s IT department does not know about
o 32% = just one shadow account
o 52% = created between 2 and 5 shadow accounts
o 16% = more than 5
- 80% of IT leaders admit they have discovered unauthorized devices attached to network
o 46% = discovered up to 20 devices
o 29% = found more than 20
- 70% indicate that they plan on hiring cybersecurity and IT security professionals