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How MDM and UEM Signals Complement Application Discovery
Devices tell you what is installed; identity tells you who signed in. Combine MDM/UEM inventory with IdP and spend data for a fuller picture of SaaS sprawl on endpoints.
Sahil Singh
The Complete SaaS Offboarding Checklist
Most offboarding checklists cover email, laptop, and badge, then stop, leaving dozens of SaaS accounts still open. Here's a complete checklist covering the access, licenses, and shadow IT gaps a standard offboarding process usually misses.
Aryan Malik 路 September 3, 2026
Best SaaS Security Practices : 2026
Strong SaaS security starts with knowing what applications exist, who can access them, and what data they can reach. Learn the practical SaaS security practices that help reduce access risk, manage Shadow IT, monitor integrations, and keep user permissions under control.
Aryan Malik 路 August 26, 2026
Regulatory Recordkeeping in the Age of Collaboration SaaS: Wikis, Chat, and Defensible Retention
Modern work lives in wikis and chat, not email archives alone. Learn how legal and compliance teams should map retention rules to SaaS surfaces, legal holds, exports, and audit trails without crushing productivity.
Omar Haddad 路 April 21, 2026
SaaS Chargeback and Showback Without the Internal Politics: Practical Allocation Models
Finance wants accountability; business units resent surprise IT tax lines. Explore allocation keys, smoothing techniques, and communication patterns that make SaaS chargeback or showback educative instead of divisive.
Tom Abernathy 路 April 19, 2026
Identity Governance for SaaS: Provisioning, Segregation of Duties, and the Limits of SSO Alone
SSO is necessary but not sufficient for governance. Explore how role design, emergency access, SoD rules, and periodic access reviews interact with SaaS admin models鈥攁nd where identity teams should instrument compensating controls.
Marcus Chen 路 April 15, 2026