SaaS Monitoring: Four Ways to Close the Credential Security Gap Today

We reveal four ways to achieve effective credential security, so you can protect your business, data, and reputation.

&ldquo;Each digital interaction&mdash;whether personal or professional&mdash;represents a different identity. Managing them securely and easily is essential.&rdquo; &mdash; Karim Toubba, CEO, LastPass&nbsp;
In our digital-first world, every login is a potential attack vector. As cyber threats grow more sophisticated, identity has become the new frontline of defense. &nbsp;
This was the central message in a recent conversation between Karim Toubba, CEO of LastPass, and Yorn Ziesche, Director IT Security &amp; Compliance at Handelsblatt Media Group, during a special session on the future of digital identity at WiWo Cyber Protection Day.&nbsp;
<h2>Identity: The Last Firewall</h2>

&ldquo;Even after patching every vulnerability, the identity remains the one element that still has access to everything.&rdquo; &mdash; Yorn, IT Director, Handelsblatt&nbsp;
Even with the best infrastructure and patched vulnerabilities, one element remains persistently exposed: identity. Whether it&rsquo;s a journalist accessing editorial systems or a developer logging into cloud services, identity is the key to everything&mdash;and the most common target for attackers.&nbsp;
Learn why Handelsblatt uses LastPass:&nbsp;
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<h2>Introducing LastPass SaaS Monitoring: Securing Identities Beyond Your Visibility</h2>

As identity becomes more complex, so must the tools we use to manage it. That&rsquo;s why LastPass is evolving beyond password management with the launch of <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://blog.lastpass.com/posts/%20clarity-not-chaos-take-back-control-with-lastpass-saas-monitoring" target="_blank">LastPass SaaS Monitoring</a>, the new functionality in our Secure Access Experiences,&nbsp;our approach to making access management more accessible for everyone.&nbsp;.&nbsp;
LastPass SaaS Monitoring is an extension of securing identities. It enables visibility into both applications and the identities using them, helping organizations detect risk, enforce access policies, and close off unauthorized or risky environments. This transparency allows IT teams to:&nbsp;
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li3" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;">Detect shadow IT and shadow AI&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li3" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;">Understand who is using what apps&mdash;and why&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li3" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;">Secure identities within those environments&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li3" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;">Reduce unnecessary software spend&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li3" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;">Enforce security policies more effectively&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
By combining SaaS visibility with identity and access management (IAM), LastPass helps organizations move from reactive protection to proactive identity governance.&nbsp;
<h2>Final Thoughts: Know Your Identity, Know Your Risk</h2>

Whether you&rsquo;re a global media house or a growing startup, the message is clear: you can&rsquo;t protect what you can&rsquo;t see. Identity is no longer just a login&mdash;it&rsquo;s the foundation of trust, access, and security.&nbsp;
With tools like LastPass and innovations like LastPass SaaS Monitoring, organizations can finally bridge the gap between protection and perception&mdash;and build a future where identity is not just managed but mastered.&nbsp;
Learn how LastPass can help your organization secure what matters most&mdash;your identities.&nbsp;Contact our Sales team to get a free demo of LastPass Monitoring.
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And watch the full conversation between Karim Toubba and Yorn Ziesche below:
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SaaS is booming. With revenue to hit nearly <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/12/13/2795383/0/en/With-18-7-CAGR-SaaS-Market-Size-to-Surpass-USD-908-21-Billion-by-2030.html">$1 trillion by 2030,</a> businesses love Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) because its cost effective, scalable, and easy to deploy. &nbsp;
But there can be too much of a good thing. &nbsp;
<a href="https://blog.lastpass.com/posts/saas-sprawl">SaaS sprawl</a> &ndash;&nbsp;the unchecked growth of SaaS applications &ndash; can bring serious risk to your business in the form of Shadow IT, Shadow AI, and soaring costs. &nbsp;
What if there were a simple, seamless, and secure solution that gave you app visibility without the overhead of heavy integrations, massive upfront investments, and high monthly fees?&nbsp;
Now there is: LastPass SaaS Monitoring.&nbsp;
LastPass SaaS Monitoring allows you to see what applications are being used across your entire organization (no matter the size). &nbsp;
Instantly identify unapproved or unvetted tools, monitor application adoption, usage, and user activity, and enforce password and access management policies &ndash; all with the single click of a button.

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<h2 class="p3" style="color: #0f374e; margin: 0px 0px 10.7px;">The high cost of not managing your SaaS&nbsp;</h2>
If you&rsquo;re not proactively managing your SaaS ecosystem with a SaaS monitoring tool, you&rsquo;re leaving your business exposed. The risks of inaction are real &ndash; and growing:&nbsp;
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li4" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;"><a href="https://zylo.com/blog/saas-statistics/">60.8% of expensed SaaS apps</a> are rated &ldquo;poor&rdquo; or &ldquo;low&rdquo; for security.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li4" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nplnOEG0Cqs">38% of employees share work info</a> with unapproved AI tools, exposing their organizations to potential compliance violations.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li4" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2023-03-28-gartner-unveils-top-8-cybersecurity-predictions-for-2023-2024">75% of employees</a> will use tech without IT approval by 2027.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li4" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.ibm.com/think/insights/hidden-risk-shadow-data-ai-higher-costs">Data breaches from Shadow IT</a> now cost businesses over $5.3 million to remediate.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li4" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.grip.security/saas-security-risks-report-2025">80% of shadow apps</a> don&rsquo;t have single sign-on (SSO), multi-factor authentication (MFA), or role-based access control (RBAC) enabled, and over half of users (52%) are relying on easily guessed passwords to access them.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li4" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;"><a href="https://zylo.com/blog/saas-statistics/">53% of SaaS app licenses</a> go unused, leading to wasted spending. Businesses with less than 399 employees waste an average of $500K annually, while organizations with 400-799 employees waste an average of $1.3 million annually.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li4" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;"><a href="https://thehackernews.com/2024/06/the-annual-saas-security-report-2025.html">Unmanaged SaaS apps</a> caused 52% of data breaches and 50% of data leakage incidents in the past two years.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<h2 class="p5" style="color: #0f374e; margin: 0px 0px 5.3px;">The fastest path to SaaS sanity: LastPass SaaS Monitoring&nbsp;</h2>
Don&rsquo;t let SaaS sprawl happen to your business. &nbsp;
LastPass SaaS Monitoring lets you automate SaaS app management and credential security from an easy-to-use, intuitive dashboard:&nbsp;
It&rsquo;s easy to deploy: You get plug-and-play simplicity. All you have to do is click a button to enable SaaS monitoring &ndash; and you start getting visibility immediately.&nbsp;&nbsp;
<img src="https://www.lastpass.com/-/media/fd11a693f40149439b974144e00457cf.png" >
It&rsquo;s frictionless: There&rsquo;s no need to deploy agents &ndash; you enable SaaS monitoring through the LastPass browser extension.&nbsp;
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It&rsquo;s holistic: You get visibility of your entire SaaS footprint while ensuring organization-wide application of password and identity security management.&nbsp;
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With our new SaaS Monitoring tool, you can:&nbsp;&nbsp;
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li6" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;">Identify any unapproved shadow AI and shadow IT tools your team may be using.</li>
</ul>
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li6" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;">Prevent data loss by catching risky behaviors, such as improper data access and sharing by current and former employees.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li6" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;">Eliminate apps that haven&rsquo;t been used in 30+ days to reduce wasteful spending.</li>
</ul>
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li6" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;">Stop paying for redundant apps and invest the savings in new tools your employees actually need.</li>
</ul>
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li6" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;">Enforce security policies around credential and privilege management to stay compliant with regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li4" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;">Start your journey with Secure Access Experiences &ndash; a new approach designed to make access management more accessible for everyone.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
The antidote to SaaS sprawl is fast, easy, and affordable with LastPass SaaS Monitoring. &nbsp;
Try a free demo today and see the difference it makes.&nbsp;
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You might have seen <a href="https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2023-03-28-gartner-unveils-top-8-cybersecurity-predictions-for-2023-2024">this shocking prediction from Gartner:</a> by 2027, 75% of employees will acquire, modify or create technology outside IT&rsquo;s visibility &ndash; up from 41% in 2022.&nbsp;
Your employees rely on more SaaS tools than ever and not all of them are on your radar. &nbsp; 
From cloud apps and browser extensions to AI tools, today&rsquo;s workplaces move fast. And when anyone can implement a new app with little more than a credit card and a dream, you can be sure that very few of them are thinking about access or credential management. Consider this:&nbsp;
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li3" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;">Shadow IT and Shadow AI are expanding the attack surface, with unsanctioned tools introducing security gaps no one&rsquo;s monitoring.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li3" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;">App bloat is costing real money &mdash; small businesses now pay for an average of 134 unused applications, and large organizations pay for 473.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li3" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;">Sensitive data is slipping through the cracks, with 38% of employees admitting they&rsquo;ve shared work information with unauthorized AI tools.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li3" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;">Compliance is harder to maintain when there&rsquo;s no clear picture of who&rsquo;s accessing what, and from where.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
Single sign-on (SSO) can help with your core apps-- the ones that you know about-- but it doesn&rsquo;t cover everything, especially those smaller, hidden apps. And for small and mid-sized businesses, controlling those can get expensive and time-consuming, fast.&nbsp;&nbsp;
That&rsquo;s where the security gaps start. Without a simple, customizable way to manage access, secure credentials and monitor app usage, it&rsquo;s easy to lose control. And that opens the door to risk from old accounts that still have access to sensitive info, to apps no one remembers signing up for.&nbsp;
It&rsquo;s no longer enough to secure passwords alone. Businesses need an approach to identity and access management that&rsquo;s as flexible, efficient, and user-friendly as the tools their employees actually use.&nbsp;
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<h2 class="p4" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px 0px 10.7px;">What is Secure Access Experiences?&nbsp;&nbsp;</h2>
Secure Access Experiences is the LastPass answer to this growing access management crisis &mdash; an evolving approach designed to bring together essential capabilities into one intuitive experience. It helps you control who has access to what, based on your own policies &mdash; not just passwords. Whether your team is using approved tools or ones you didn&rsquo;t even know about, you&rsquo;ll get the visibility and control you need, all in one easy-to-use solution.&nbsp;
With Secure Access Experiences, you will be able to:&nbsp;
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li3" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;">Log in with ease: Securely manage how your team stores and uses passwords. Support for passkeys makes logging in even faster and safer.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li3" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;">Control who gets access: Make sure the right people have access to the right apps, systems, and data&mdash;nothing more, nothing less. It&rsquo;s easy to set up and adjust as your business grows.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li3" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;">See what&rsquo;s happening: Know which apps your team is using, when, and how. Stay informed, spot issues early, and feel confident that everything&rsquo;s running smoothly.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<h2 class="p4" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px 0px 10.7px;">Why do Secure Access Experiences matter?&nbsp;</h2>
As SaaS adoption grows and the lines between personal and professional tools blur, businesses need a smarter, simpler way to manage access &mdash; one that meets modern challenges head-on, without overwhelming teams or breaking the bank.&nbsp;&nbsp;
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li3" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;">Grows with your business: As your business adds more tools, people, and locations, LastPass makes it easy to keep everything secure without slowing you down.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li3" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;">Easy to manage, easier on your budget: Control access to all your tools from one place. Less hassle for you, and no need to invest in multiple systems.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li3" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;">Provides better protection, fewer headaches: Keep your business safe with strong, simple security&mdash;and make it easier to meet industry requirements along the way.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul class="ul1" style="color: #000000;">
 <li class="li3" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px;">Simple for your team to use: When it&rsquo;s easy to use, your team actually uses it. That means stronger habits, less risk, and happier employees.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<h2 class="p4" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85); margin: 0px 0px 10.7px;">It starts with SaaS Monitoring.&nbsp;</h2>
You can&rsquo;t control what you can&rsquo;t see. That&rsquo;s why the first capability in Secure Access Experiences is SaaS Monitoring &mdash; expected in mid-May and delivered via the same browser extension already trusted by millions for password management.&nbsp;&nbsp;
<img src="https://www.lastpass.com/-/media/2b6fd9bba92346a8a0fcedeca39eed06.png?h=824&amp;w=1250" >
<p class="Paragraph SCXW34306727 BCX0" paraid="543943140" paraeid="{d0faa4d5-50fe-4037-b03d-c38b664a1e52}{232}" style="color: windowtext; background-color: transparent; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10.6667px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">With SaaS Monitoring, business owners and IT admins can finally see what apps are being used across their organization, helping them detect unapproved tools, spot Shadow IT and Shadow AI, and optimize application investments &mdash; all without the need to deploy extra agents, integrations or complexity.
<p class="Paragraph SCXW34306727 BCX0" paraid="713470910" paraeid="{d0faa4d5-50fe-4037-b03d-c38b664a1e52}{238}" style="color: windowtext; background-color: transparent; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10.6667px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">Want to see the future of easier visibility and control? If you&rsquo;re attending RSA, stop by Booth 1449 in the South Expo at RSAC 2025 to see SaaS Monitoring in action. Get hands-on with live demos, hear from our experts, and see what&rsquo;s next for Secure Access Experiences with LastPass.
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