Director of IT
You Approved 47 Apps
They're Using 340
Every department has their favorite tools. Credit cards bypass procurement. By the time you discover an app, customer data is already in it.
The Shadow Stack
For every app in your inventory, there are 7 you don't know about. Each one is a potential breach waiting to happen.
340
Apps actually in use
47
IT-approved apps
89
High-risk applications
$890K
Shadow IT spend
Shadow App Discovery Timeline
Breach
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Cumulative unauthorized apps discovered after security audit
Where Shadow IT Hides
Common Shadow Apps:
- File sharing (Dropbox, WeTransfer)
- Messaging (WhatsApp, Telegram)
- Project tools (Notion, Monday)
- Design (Canva, Figma)
- AI tools (ChatGPT, Midjourney)
- Automation (Zapier, Make)
- Survey tools (Typeform, SurveyMonkey)
The Security Risks:
- Customer data in unvetted apps
- No SSO / MFA protection
- Data residency violations
- Terminated employee access
- API keys in shared tools
- GDPR/CCPA non-compliance
- No audit trail for sensitive data
SlideStrike Speaks IT Security
40+ IT security metrics, automatically visualized for board-level risk conversations.
Shadow Apps
Unauthorized applications
Risk Score
Aggregate security risk
Data Exposure
PII in unvetted apps
SSO Coverage
% apps with SSO
MFA Adoption
Users with MFA enabled
Offboarding Gap
Orphan accounts
Compliance
Policy violations
Spend Waste
Duplicate subscriptions
Questions from IT Leaders
What Directors of IT ask
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