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Shadow IT in Small and Medium Enterprises: The Hidden Risk Lurking Inside Your Network

A single employee. An unauthorized app. Over 1 terabyte of confidential data gone.

​This whitepaper reveals the true story behind the 2024 Disney Slack breach, where a developer’s well-meaning experiment with an AI art tool led to one of the most damaging data exfiltrations in recent history. But Disney’s mistake isn’t unique—it’s a warning to any business, especially those between 50–1500 employees.

 

Shadow IT—unapproved software, devices, and services—bypasses your security, undermines compliance, and opens the door for threat actors.

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What’s Inside:

 

  • A detailed timeline of how the Disney breach unfolded—from download to data exfiltration

  • A clear, technical breakdown of Shadow IT risks, including credential theft, API abuse, and Slack compromise

  • How Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) can contain and control unauthorized behaviors before they escalate

  • Framework-specific analysis for HIPAA, NIST CSF, RMF, and CMMC 2.0, and how Shadow IT can violate them

  • Concrete first steps for SMEs to gain visibility and take back control

 

This isn’t theory. This is what happens when visibility breaks down.

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Download the whitepaper now and learn how to defend your business before an attacker does.

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