IBM tackles 'shadow IT' with a new cloud security tool for enterprises

A third of Fortune 1000 employees share and upload corporate data on third-party cloud apps, it says

By Katherine Noyes

If there’s one thing that can strike terror into a CIO’s heart, it’s the security implications of the cloud; if there’s another, it’s the “bring your own” technology trend. Combine the two, and you’ve got the motivation behind IBM’s new Cloud Security Enforcer.

Thanks to having set up used a private email server while U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton has become a poster child for “shadow IT,” or the phenomenon by which employees bring their own technologies into the workplace, but there’s no denying its prevalence. One-third of Fortune 1000 employees share and upload corporate data on third-party cloud apps, according to a recent IBM Security study. One in four link to cloud apps using a corporate log-in and password.

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