Forbes February 6, 2025
The rapid adoption of AI-powered applications and cloud-based SaaS tools has revolutionized workplace efficiency—but it has also introduced a new, largely unrecognized security crisis. While organizations focus on external cyber threats, a silent vulnerability is growing within their own ranks: Shadow Identities. These are user accounts that exist outside of corporate authentication frameworks, operating in the blind spots of traditional security controls.
The LayerX “2025 Identity Security Report” shares research into SaaS identity trends and reveals that 80% of enterprise SaaS logins are invisible to IT and security teams due to the use of personal credentials or non-SSO-backed corporate accounts. This means that in most organizations, the vast majority of workforce interactions with cloud applications occur without security oversight, leaving...
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