Security News > 2020 > February > How Shadow IT could put your organization at risk
Employees who create external accounts but use them internally pose a risk to your security, says password manager company 1Password.
The IT professionals at your organization likely put a lot of effort into making sure your internal accounts, logins, passwords, and systems are secure and protected.
What happens when an employee creates an external account without the knowledge of IT? That's known as Shadow IT, and a blog post published Thursday by 1Password explains why it presents a security risk.
If one of these services suffers a data breach or password leak, that puts the employee and potentially your organization at risk by exposing otherwise confidential data.
If the information isn't shared, and the employee with the Shadow IT account leaves the company, then other people can find themselves locked out of the account.