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IT Pros Believe Shadow IT Could Become a Competitive Advantage, Study ShowsA survey of 1000 US-based IT professionals by Entrust (News - Alert) Datacard found that 77 percent of IT professionals believe their organizations could earn an edge if company leaders were more collaborative with their businesses to find Shadow IT solutions. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191015005271/en/ Entrust Datacard's new report, The Upside of Shadow IT: IT Security Meets Productivity, shows organizations how to balance organizational security with employee convenience. https://bit.ly/2qeACxl As organizations adapt to changing technologies, employees are eager to use productivity solutions that help them function more efficiently - even if these solutions are outside the company's IT rules and processes. This is the "Shadow IT" infrastructure - ungoverned and unapproved solutions from file hosting services to personal smartphones on the corporate network that introduce serious security blind spots for management. Entrust Datacard's new report, "The Upside of Shadow IT: Productivity Meets IT Security" helps business and IT leaders better understand Shadow IT, and discover how to balance enterprise security with employee productivity. The report found that while today's IT departments often lack the processes and protocol to allow employees to use their preferred technologies securely, with the right collaboration between IT and executive leaders, organizations have the potential to deliver the agility needed to embrace Shadow IT and create a competitive advantage. "Seurity of both customer and company data is a top concern for every enterprise, but employee satisfaction comes in at a close second," said Anudeep Parhar, CIO Entrust Datacard. "As the number of workplace technologies increases, IT teams must create more agile organizations that embrace modern security protocols - from high-security password-less systems access to hands-free authentication - while preserving employee innovation and collaboration." Key findings from The Upside of Shadow IT report include:
Empowering employees to use their preferred tools can deliver long-term benefits
Ignoring employee requests drives more Shadow IT
What risk? Communicating the risk and consequences of Shadow IT is critical
Does your Shadow IT problem come from within IT itself?
Balance low friction and high security: Solve the Shadow IT Challenge
To learn more about The Upside of Shadow IT, watch the explainer, read the blog series or download a full copy of the report, visit www.entrustdatacard.com/pages/Shadow-It.
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