--- title: SaaS Sprawl has Become the New Shadow IT: Why... description: SaaS sprawl has become the modern form of Shadow IT, amplified by AI-powered tools that connect to core business systems via OAuth and APIs without... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/saas-sprawl-has-become-the-new-shadow-it-why-traditional-security-struggles-to-see-and-stop-it-60v7ohikx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: SaaS Sprawl has Become the New Shadow IT: Why Traditional Security Struggles to See (and Stop) It | daily.dev og:description: SaaS sprawl has become the modern form of Shadow IT, amplified by AI-powered tools that connect to core business systems via OAuth and APIs without... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/saas-sprawl-has-become-the-new-shadow-it-why-traditional-security-struggles-to-see-and-stop-it-60v7ohikx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/60V7OhIKx.png og:image:alt: SaaS Sprawl has Become the New Shadow IT: Why Traditional Security Struggles to See (and Stop) It og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # SaaS Sprawl has Become the New Shadow IT: Why Traditional Security Struggles to See (and Stop) It **[Security Boulevard](https://daily.dev/sources/securityboulevard)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary SaaS sprawl has become the modern form of Shadow IT, amplified by AI-powered tools that connect to core business systems via OAuth and APIs without network-level visibility. Traditional security controls like firewalls, SWGs, and endpoint tools cannot observe SaaS-to-SaaS traffic or API-based lateral movement. Misconfigurations account for the majority of SaaS incidents. A modern approach requires continuous discovery of apps and integrations, risk scoring, policy enforcement, real-time token revocation, behavioral anomaly detection, and automated remediation to regain control at the application layer. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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