Shadow IT

Nobody saw it walk through the door A little app that nobody bought before Sales rep saving files where the cloud runs free Personal drive, but it's company property The card gets swiped, a subscription appears No ticket, no trail, just disappears Not a villain in a mask creeping down the hall Just somebody trying to answer the call You can't lock a door that you don't know is there One quiet app and the whole thing's laid bare It's the shadow, shadow IT Living in the gaps where you can't see Good intentions, hidden in the dark One weak link and it lights the spark Shadow, shadow IT It ain't the enemy, it's a symptom, see Bring it to the light, let it breathe Shadow, shadow IT HIPAA, PCI, the rules don't bend GDPR don't care about your weekend Data scattered like leaves in the fall Twelve different tools and they don't talk at all Duplicate licenses bleeding the books "Free" ain't free when you take a closer look But they ain't the problem, they're the canary in the mine Singing you the truth that you missed every time You can't lock a door that you don't know is there One quiet app and the whole thing's laid bare It's the shadow, shadow IT Living in the gaps where you can't see Good intentions, hidden in the dark One weak link and it lights the spark Shadow, shadow IT It ain't the enemy, it's a symptom, see Bring it to the light, let it breathe Shadow, shadow IT Don't blame the hand that's reaching for a tool Blame the slow reply, blame the broken rule Make it easy, make it open, make it plain And the shadow's got nothing left to claim Audit what you can't see Trust your team, set them free What hides in the dark Was light all along It's the shadow, shadow IT Living in the gaps where you can't see Good intentions step into the dark Now you see the gap, now you light the spark Shadow, shadow IT Never was the enemy, now you finally see Brought it to the light, let it breathe No more shadow IT No more hiding in the dark No more shadow Step into the light