SaaS security firm Adallom will release a report based on data collected from their own customers. The research covers an entire year, from October 2013 to 2014, and highlights a number of risks, including some directly attributable to the spooky-sounding scenario called Shadow IT. For every 100 users, seven of them were administrators, according to the report. For example, 80 percent of clients monitored have at least one former employee with valid SAAS credentials. The risk of Shadow IT is to limit user access controls and access to the functions needed by the individual and avoid blanket settings.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2842412/live-data-used-to-highlight-cloud-based-risks.html