New Guide Explains How to Eliminate the Risk of Shadow SaaS and Protect Corporate Data

This contributed article summarizes a LayerX guide on the risks of shadow SaaS—unauthorized use of SaaS apps that can cause data loss, account takeover, and compliance breaches—and advocates a three-pronged mitigation strategy (app discovery, user monitoring, active enforcement). It compares proxy-based controls (SASE/CASB) with secure browser extensions, concluding that secure browser extensions provide the most comprehensive visibility and control for protecting corporate SaaS use.