Does your company also live in a parallel IT universe?

You would think you know exactly where your company files are. But in practice, that often turns out to be a lot messier.

📂 Dropbox here,
📧 Private Gmail there,
🗂️ And versions of files snake around everywhere….

Welcome to the realm of so-called Shadow IT – and it happens more often than you think.

Shadow IT: Do you have it covered?

Do you recognize this in your organization?

We asked on LinkedIn¹: What do you see happening most often with work files?
The top answers:

🔸 Working with tools outside of IT (such as WeTransfer or Box) – 44%
🔸 Documents lying around anywhere and everywhere – 26%
🔸 Private email for work files – 15%
🔸 No visibility into who has access – 15%

And these are not exceptions. They are daily realities at many SMEs.

Why this is dangerous

❌ You have no control over your data
❌ You don’t know who has access to what
❌ You are at risk of data breaches and fines (think #NIS2 or #AVG)

And it doesn’t happen because people don’t care about policy. No – it just happens because they want to work fast.

The good news

You don’t have to immediately start enforcing or clamping down on everything.
At ALTA-ICT B.V., we help SMEs make policies that work – for people and for safety.

So yes, it can be done:
✔ Maintain visibility and control
✔ Without fuss
✔ With support from your employees