A majority of CEOs are willing to put their organizations at risk by using shadow IT, even though they are well aware of the potential security fallout, according to a report released today by Code42, a cloud-based security company. The survey of 1,205 IT and business decision makers revealed 75% of CEOs surveyed acknowledge using applications and programs not sanctioned by their IT departments, despite 91% of surveyed CEOs acknowledging this behavior could put their organization at a security risk, the study found.

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