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Think Your IdP or CASB Covers Shadow IT? These 5 Risks Prove Otherwise. 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 2. Generative AI quietly reading your emails, files, and strategy 3. Former employees still hold admin access, months after leaving See what Wing uncovers in your SaaS environment. Talk with a security expert and get a demo. 4. Business-critical apps tied to personal accounts you don’t control 5. Shadow SaaS with app-to-app connectivity to your crown jewels What are you doing about it? Shadow IT isn’t just a governance problem—it’s a real security gap. And the longer it goes unnoticed, the bigger the risk and the more exposed your SaaS environment becomes. Wing Security automatically discovers SaaS apps, users, and integrations—mapping human and non-human identities, permissions, and MFA status—without agents or proxies. Once the unknown becomes known, Wing delivers multi-layered SaaS security in one platform, unifying misconfigurations, identity threats, and SaaS risks into a single source of truth. By correlating events across apps and identities, Wing cuts through the noise, prioritizes what matters, and enables proactive, continuous security. 👉 Get a demo and take control of your SaaS environment - before hackers do.