You don’t need a rogue employee to suffer a breach. All it takes is a free trial that someone forgot to cancel. An AI-powered note-taker quietly syncing with your Google Drive. A personal Gmail account tied to a business-critical tool. That’s shadow IT. And today, it’s not just about unsanctioned apps, but also dormant accounts, unmanaged identities, over-permissioned SaaS tools, and orphaned access. Most of it slips past even the most mature security solutions. Think your CASB or IdP covers this? It doesn’t. They weren’t built to catch what's happening inside SaaS: OAuth sprawl, shadow admins, GenAI access, or apps created directly in platforms like Google Workspace or Slack. Shadow IT is no longer a visibility issue – it’s a full-blown attack surface. Wing Security helps security teams uncover these risks before they become incidents. Here are 5 real-world examples of shadow IT that could be quietly bleeding your data. 1. Dormant access you can’t see, that attackers love to exploit The risk : Employees sign up for tools using just a username and password, without SSO or centralized visibility. Over time, they stop using the apps, but access stays, and worse, it is unmanaged. The impact : These zombie accounts become invisible entry points into your environment. You can’t enforce MFA, monitor usage, or revoke access during offboarding. Example: CISA and global cyber agencies issued a joint advisory warning in 2024 that Russian state-sponsored group APT29 (part of the…Read More