Every security dollar dedicated to reining in Shadow IT through preventative policies or controls is a dollar wasted. The most successful CIOs have made building strong ties with the lines of business a core objective. The “new” Shadow IT is the one that represents real, measurable risk — the proliferation of third-party apps built on top of the dominant SaaS platforms — The Salesforce AppExchange, Google Apps Marketplace, etc. Millions of applications are developed and released into these.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/cloud/shadow-it-not-the-risk-you-think