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The use of unsanctioned cloud applications – a phenomenon known as “shadow
“ shadow IT”
IT ”
– is growing as federal agencies transition to the cloud.
cloud .
By Nico Fischbach,
Fischbach , Global Chief environments dependent on
Technology Officer for Forcepoint many different cloud provid-
ers for specific purposes.
Federal agencies are un-
dergoing a massive tran- But that’s what CIOs are actu-
ally sanctioning.
sition from legacy IT tech-
What about all of the unsanc-
nologies to the cloud.
cloud .
tioned cloud applications and
Many CIOs have been focused services that employees might
on moving their organiza- be using without the knowl-
tions to hybrid, multi-cloud edge of federal IT managers? 24