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SaaS applications have fundamentally transformed business operations by enabling on-demand user access to services and data via the internet from anywhere. Yet, despite countless benefits, SaaS in the enterprise is fraught with cybersecurity challenges.
Addressing SaaS sprawl
It goes without saying that SaaS adoption has experienced exponential growth across every industry and market segment. The sprawl of SaaS is demonstrated by the ever increasing quantity of SaaS applications used within organizations. In fact, our research suggests that a typical enterprise overall uses 2,400+ distinct cloud services and SaaS apps.
Another manifestation of SaaS sprawl is the increased usage of unmanaged apps, or shadow IT, across virtually every business function inside the organization. Despite organizations trying to tackle the shadow IT challenge for years, a good example that it still persists is the rapid adoption of genAI apps by employees across virtually every industry. Findings in