Security News > 2022 > June > What Are Shadow IDs, and How Are They Crucial in 2022?

Just employees circumventing regulation using, well, Shadow IT. Not because they tried to obfuscate or hide anything, simply because it was a convenient tool that they preferred over any other sanctioned products.

Gartner has identified External Attack Surface Management, Digital Supply Chain Risk, and Identity Threat Detection as the top three trends to focus on in 2022, all of which are closely intertwined with Shadow IT. "Shadow IDs," or in other words, unmanaged employee identities and accounts in third-party services are often created using a simple email-and-password-based registration.

Above all, these Shadow IDs remain unmanaged even after employees leave the organization.

So when Shadow IDs are left behind, they create an everlasting risk unseen and unmanaged by anyone.

To discover and manage Shadow IDs and Shadow IT, there needs to be application and account-level monitoring in place, that can create a trusted, global source of truth across the organization.

Scirge is a browser-based tool that provides complete visibility into Shadow IDs and Shadow IT, password hygiene for corporate and third-party business web accounts, and even real-time employee education and awareness.

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