8 ways companies can manage risks brought on by the SaaS Tsunami

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Every employee is on a mission to find the next SaaS application that will make their job easier. With nothing more than a credit card and an expense report, anyone within the organization can sign-up for a new application in minutes.

The problem is that employees are signing-up for SaaS apps without the knowledge or permission of their IT administrator. According to Gartner and Cisco, IT pros only know about 7% of the apps in use. Meaning, within any given organization, there are hundreds of unsecured SaaS apps, each a potential entry point for hackers to access your corporate data.

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