As small businesses rapidly adopt cloud services and digital tools to stay competitive, they’re also unknowingly opening the door to a dangerous and growing threat: Shadow IT. Shadow IT refers to the use of software, devices, and services without approval or oversight from your IT or security team. It’s an invisible risk — and for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) without full-time cybersecurity resources, it’s becoming a leading cause of data breaches, compliance violations, and operational disruption.