You might have seen this shocking prediction from Gartner: by 2027, 75% of employees will acquire, modify or create technology outside IT’s visibility – up from 41% in 2022.
Your employees rely on more SaaS tools than ever and not all of them are on your radar.
From cloud apps and browser extensions to AI tools, today’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:
- Shadow IT and Shadow AI are expanding the attack surface, with unsanctioned tools introducing security gaps no one’s monitoring.
- App bloat is costing real money — small businesses now pay for an average of 134 unused applications, and large organizations pay for 473.
- Sensitive data is slipping through the cracks, with 38% of employees admitting they’ve shared work information with unauthorized AI tools.
- Compliance is harder to maintain when there’s no clear picture of who’s accessing what, and from where.
Single sign-on (SSO) can help with your core apps-- the ones that you know about-- but it doesn’t cover everything, especially those smaller, hidden apps. And for small and mid-sized businesses, controlling those can get expensive and time-consuming, fast.
That’s where the security gaps start. Without a simple, customizable way to manage access, secure credentials and monitor app usage, it’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.
It’s no longer enough to secure passwords alone. Businesses need an approach to identity and access management that’s as flexible, efficient, and user-friendly as the tools their employees actually use.
What is Secure Access Experiences?
Secure Access Experiences is the LastPass answer to this growing access management crisis — 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 — not just passwords. Whether your team is using approved tools or ones you didn’t even know about, you’ll get the visibility and control you need, all in one easy-to-use solution.
With Secure Access Experiences, you will be able to:
- Log in with ease: Securely manage how your team stores and uses passwords. Support for passkeys makes logging in even faster and safer.
- Control who gets access: Make sure the right people have access to the right apps, systems, and data—nothing more, nothing less. It’s easy to set up and adjust as your business grows.
- See what’s happening: Know which apps your team is using, when, and how. Stay informed, spot issues early, and feel confident that everything’s running smoothly.
Why do Secure Access Experiences matter?
As SaaS adoption grows and the lines between personal and professional tools blur, businesses need a smarter, simpler way to manage access — one that meets modern challenges head-on, without overwhelming teams or breaking the bank.
- 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.
- 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.
- Provides better protection, fewer headaches: Keep your business safe with strong, simple security—and make it easier to meet industry requirements along the way.
- Simple for your team to use: When it’s easy to use, your team actually uses it. That means stronger habits, less risk, and happier employees.
It starts with SaaS Monitoring.
You can’t control what you can’t see. That’s why the first capability in Secure Access Experiences is SaaS Monitoring — expected in mid-May and delivered via the same browser extension already trusted by millions for password management.
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 — all without the need to deploy extra agents, integrations or complexity.
Want to see the future of easier visibility and control? If you’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’s next for Secure Access Experiences with LastPass.
