Killing The Shadow Systems
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Overview: Shadow systems consist of small-scale databases or spreadsheets developed and used by end users outside the direct control of an organization's IT department. Many companies have started to experience the consequences of non-existent, insufficient, or poorly implemented data security plans. The absence of proper IT to serve the diversity of information management, analysis, and human-centric workflow requirements that exist in the office has created a paucity of unsecured business-critical information held in spreadsheets and micro-databases beyond the governance of IT teams. This white paper considers the business consequences of shadow systems and what IT teams can do to eradicate them.


