Shadow IT in the Interconnected Web: A CISO Advisor's View
KnowBe4, Monday, August 3rd, 2026
A KnowBe4 CISO advisor examines shadow IT risk on World Wide Web Day.
Marking World Wide Web Day on August 1, a KnowBe4 CISO advisor reflects on what the web has made possible.
The web enabled remote work at scale, let SaaS platforms deliver capability in days rather than months, and made instantaneous collaboration routine. The same accessibility that produced those gains also makes shadow IT trivially easy to adopt.
The post examines how security leaders should think about that trade-off.