Define: Shadow IT?
In big organizations, shadow IT refers to information technology (IT) systems deployed by departments other than the central IT department, to work around the shortcomings of the central information systems.
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Top Shadow IT Companies and Solutions
This article showcases Threat.Technology’s top picks for the best Shadow IT solutions. We selected these companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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Skyhigh Networks
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Manage shadow IT and securely enable sanctioned IT with unparalleled cloud visibility, threat detection, and policy enforcement.
Cerby
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Cerby is a cybersecurity company focused on helping enterprises harness Shadow IT.
CensorNet
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CensorNet can help your organisation manage the rise of cloud applications in an increasingly mobile world. Our solutions let you see, control and protect all internet activity and the use of cloud applications across all devices.
We protect your users, whether they are in the office or on the road. With this protection, you can embrace cloud applications, safely implement BYOD initiatives and control shadow IT..
Alpin
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Alpin is *the* single dashboard to monitor and manage your SaaS ecosystem. Alpin cuts subscription costs up to 30% & saves time on SaaS monitoring and management.
In just 2 clicks, it discovers the sprawling landscape of SaaS subscriptions — especially those you don’t know. It shows wasted spend, comparing license costs to actual usage and helps you negotiate better deals.
It monitors, reports on & archives activity, alerting your IT and Info Security teams to risky activity & dangerous permissions. You can deprovision apps from specific users, or Blacklist an app outright.
Alpin is built on a deep and solid security foundation. Bottom line: Alpin can save you 30%, keep you safe from dangerous apps and activity, and give you a full picture of your cloud application landscape.
One Dashboard To Rule Them All. Complementing Alpin is Logrr (https://logrr.com), the most secure way to do SSO.
Alpin is a proud graduate of the 2015 Techstars Barclays Accelerator in NYC.. .
CloudCodes
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CloudCodes is provider of cASB solution. The solution includes Single Sign On(SSO), Identity Access Management(IAM), Access Control, Cloud DLP, Shadow IT and Workload Security.
It has more than 400+ customers across the world. It provides SaaS based solution for cloudn security.
It’s customers include pharmaceutical, bank, manufacturing, aviation, travel, ecommerce etc-etc.. .
FireCompass
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FireCompass is a SaaS platform for Continuous Automated Red Teaming (CART) & Attack Surface Management (ASM). It continuously indexes and monitors the deep, dark & surface web to map out an organization’s digital attack surface including Shadow IT blind spots.
The platform then automatically launches safe multi-stage attacks, mimicking a real attacker, to help identify attack paths before hackers do. The platform eliminates the need for multiple tools and significant manual effort while providing continuous and proactive security.
The product is being used by the top 3 telecom companies, top 3 IT companies, major banks/financial services companies, and others spanning multiple industries. The use cases are : Continuous Automated Red Teaming (CART) Attack Surface Management (ASM) SOC & Security Control Effectiveness Testing Digital Footprint & Shadow IT Discovery Ransomware Risk Assessment Supply Chain Risk Assessment M&A Risk Assessment.
SkyFormation
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SkyFormation cloud data security solution, enable organizations to protect their data across cloud applications aligned with their regulation and compliance needs. Organizations will get view of their sensitive data flow,residency,exposure,shares and safeguards in place and add their firewall alike rule-based policy to ensure data security.
Solution has zero network footprint,no proxy needed. SkyFormation also provides cloud applications discovery module to contain the organization’s shadow IT risk..
Binadox
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Binadox – SaaS management, Insights into SaaS usage & cost optimization. Binadox is a Automatic SaaS discovery & management to reduce IT sourcing costs.
Binasox enables to Optimize Spend, Detect Shadow IT, Uncover Under utilization and Improve IT Procurement Planning. binadox.com.
HighSide
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Powered by a distributed cryptographic key management infrastructure, HighSide’s suite of products enable businesses to engage securely in a remote first world. At HighSide we build technology to enable the modern business addressing challenges in productivity, sharing and engagement typically stymied by data security and data access requirements.
Through our zero-trust technology, teams have access to a modern unified communications and file sharing platform including voice, video, text and files, reducing risk of shadow IT and reliance on dated and insecure communications channels.. .
This article was written by Benjamin Skute from Threat.Technology. The editor for this article was Tess Page. If your company is featured in this article and you want to have amendments made please contact us on: [email protected].
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