The use of third-party apps (also known as “connected apps”, “cloud to cloud apps”, “OAuth apps”) are apps developed by external and internal developers or organizations that can interact with and extend the functionality of a primary SaaS App. These are growing exponentially across organizations. According to the Netskope Cloud and Threat Report focused on Phishing, the average organization grants more than 440 third-party applications access to their Google data and applications, with organizations with less than 500 users granting access to at least 250 different cloud applications. In total 12,330 different applications were authorized by users in one organization.
A more recent study by Abnormal Security confirmed this growth and, unsurprisingly, the associated growth of the risks connected with third-party apps. According to the same study, the average organization integrates 379 third-party apps with email (a 128% increase since 2020), and for large enterprises wit