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In an open letter to its suppliers, JPMorgan Chase issued a stark message: security must come first. Security leaders are now prioritizing SaaS as a primary risk domain, not an afterthought.

Security operations are entering a new era where identities, not endpoints, determine risk and response, and Grip is at the forefront of that change.

SaaS breaches move fast, are hard to detect, and can escalate quickly. Learn how Grip helps you spot breaches sooner and take back control.

When I was presented with the opportunity to join this rapidly growing SaaS identity security vendor, I knew it was the right move. Here’s why.

Shadow IT has shifted from an outlying concern to a core risk. Grip’s 2025 SaaS Security Risks Report uncovers exactly where shadow IT is thriving—and it’s not where you’d expect.

What happens when your company appears on a breach exposure list, but nothing in your logs backs it up?

Automate SaaS security your way—with flexibility and control.

The real story of the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) breach isn’t about the back-and-forth details or the vulnerability that attackers exploited. It’s how prevalent OCI is and the number of companies who are using the service, whether they know it or not.

Should employees be fired if they share a password that leads to a breach? A real-life breach reveals the risks of poor password hygiene and why accountability, policy, and security controls must work together to prevent disaster.

Introducing Grip Extend, a lightweight browser extension that extends security controls to every SaaS app—not just the ones tied to your IdP.

OAuth attacks are emerging as a favored tactic by cybercriminals. The growing wave of OAuth attacks isn't coincidental either—it's strategic, as they are difficult to detect, often bypass traditional controls, and provide direct access to business-critical systems.

Grip and IDMWORKS plan to deliver comprehensive IAM solutions that combine advanced technology with deep industry expertise.

Some of the biggest breaches didn’t happen because of elite hackers breaking through cutting-edge defenses. They happened because of security gaps in places where no one was looking.

With the Grip - ServiceNow CMDB integration, you can finally say goodbye to manual tracking, shadow SaaS blind spots, and focus on what really matters: running a secure, efficient IT operation.

GRC shouldn’t be just about maintaining compliance—it’s about making data security an integrated, dynamic part of business success.

Grip SSPM is part of Grip Security’s broader platform, designed to deliver comprehensive protection across the entire SaaS ecosystem.

Unlike traditional SSPM products, Grip SSPM is built on a foundation of visibility and automation, enabling organizations to combine misconfiguration remediation and policy enforcement as part of a comprehensive security program

Grip Security extended its portfolio of tools for securing software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications to provide an ability to proactively identify misconfigurations and enforce best cybersecurity practices.

SaaS security is continually evolving, and Grip is at the forefront. Now, we’re taking it even further by introducing Grip SSPM.

SaaS security isn’t just about securing individual applications—it’s about understanding the bigger SaaS risk picture and connecting the dots between decentralized SaaS adoption, posture management, and identity risk.

With great innovation comes significant responsibility—and, unfortunately, substantial risk, if you’re not careful.

Compromised credentials are no longer an “IT problem”—they’re a business risk, a compliance nightmare, and a reputational landmine. With a 71% increase in attacks tied to compromised credentials, the stakes couldn’t be higher. The time to act isn’t tomorrow—it’s now.

The Cyberhaven breach is more than just an isolated incident—it’s a wake-up call for organizations everywhere on the risks of consent phishing.

What started with the ChatGPT craze has evolved into a relentless wave of AI-powered features embedded across SaaS applications. But while AI adoption soars, governance lags woefully behind.

The myth of the “on-prem” organization is just that—a myth. Employees have already moved to the cloud, and the tools they use every day reflect this reality.

Grip’s unmatched ability to detect and mitigate shadow SaaS risks extends the reach of TPRM programs, providing the visibility and control needed to defend against today’s complex threat landscape.

Discover how Grip complements CASB tools by reducing alert noise, uncovering shadow SaaS, and providing identity-based insights for comprehensive SaaS security.

By uncovering all SaaS, including shadow SaaS and SaaS identity risks, Grip extends SSPM capabilities to deliver comprehensive SaaS security coverage.

Every year, we collectively look for ways to define our focus, to ground ourselves in something that guides us forward. In 2025, it's all about adaptability.

The PowerSchool breach serves as a reminder of how a single weak link in credential management can lead to widespread fallout.

SaaS has become its own attack vector, exploiting gaps in visibility, compliance, and access controls unless companies rethink their SaaS security.

Scrooge Corp. was a SaaS breach waiting to happen. Dead accounts, abandoned licenses, forgotten logins—they haunted the halls of Scrooge Corp.

In an era where every dollar counts and cyber attacks are increasing in volume and sophistication, addressing the dual impact of unused SaaS licenses on security and SaaS spend management is no longer optional—it’s essential.

As SaaS adoption accelerates, so does the urgency for organizations to adapt their security strategies. Shadow SaaS and shadow AI are not problems to be eliminated but realities to be managed.

The pandemic reshaped the modern workforce in countless ways, but one of the most enduring shifts has been the mass adoption of SaaS applications and the SaaS sprawl explosion.

While the SEC cybersecurity rule aims to elevate cybersecurity as a boardroom priority, many organizations still grapple with the depth of changes required to meet these standards.

Imagine this hypothetical scenario: due to a critical system failure, you're forced to choose between two less-than-ideal options: go without MFA and all second-factor verifications for a month, or go a month without data backups. What would you do?

Integrating ServiceNow and Grip delivers a robust solution for managing shadow SaaS by reducing operational costs, increasing efficiency, and strengthening security.

The increased adoption of SaaS has enabled businesses to scale and innovate faster than ever before. However, this rapid rise in SaaS use introduces an underestimated challenge: SaaS governance.

Discover how Believer tackled shadow SaaS and shadow AI risks, enabling innovation and creativity while securing their SaaS environment with Grip's solution.

The current state of SaaS security is sometimes like a game of hot potato—everyone knows it’s critical, yet no one wants to hold onto the responsibility long enough to claim ownership.

Consumers expect personalized and secure services, and financial organizations rely on SaaS applications to deliver them. However, shadow IT and shadow AI threaten all that financial organizations seek to protect.

A clean vendor risk score is only part of the puzzle in today's complex SaaS landscape. Without visibility into how those SaaS tools are used, you’re operating with blind spots that could turn into full-blown incidents.

Alert Center and Policy Center are two powerful new features designed to simplify SaaS identity risk management, empowering your team to take timely and effective action at scale.

Shadow IT: You’ve heard the term more times than you can count, and maybe you’ve even thought about taking action. But honestly, how urgent is it, really?

As SaaS becomes more intertwined with how a business operates, the value of a successful merger no longer hinges solely on the numbers but on understanding the SaaS in use and the unseen risks it brings.

The stakes are high, and organizations must take a proactive approach to SaaS security. This article explores common SaaS security pitfalls and takeaways from SaaS identity incidents, and provides actionable strategies to help you build a robust SaaS security foundation before it’s too late.

SSPM platforms are well-liked for their ease of use, and many solutions are available on the market today. Here, we highlight different SSPM vendors, key platform features, and ideal use cases to help you determine the best fit for your organization.

These companies impact major industries such as endpoint security, compliance, and DevSecOps, demonstrating their potential for substantial growth and influence in the industry.

Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) solutions play a central role in ensuring that individuals have the appropriate access to resources while maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements. However, despite these tools' strengths, organizations still have SaaS security risks, namely, shadow SaaS.

PDS Health faced a challenge familiar to many large-scale organizations: overseeing SaaS security across more than 1,000 locations in a decentralized security environment. 

As enterprises accelerate the adoption of cloud technologies and expand their infrastructures, a glaring oversight is putting their organizations in jeopardy. The culprit? Their own identities.

This blog delves into why having a savvy security strategy is indispensable for modern enterprises.

Grip Security, an identity risk management startup focused on SaaS, also announced a new channel move with the debut of a partnership with cybersecurity powerhouse GuidePoint Security.

The collaboration offers combined risk ratings for both SaaS vendor risk and enterprise identity risks.

This collaboration offers the industry's first combined risk ratings for both SaaS vendor risk and enterprise identity risks to offer one of the most complete views of SaaS risks in an enterprise...

SaaS identity risk management company Grip Security partnered with SecurityScorecard, which focuses on cybersecurity ratings, to introduce a new approach to managing SaaS security risk.

Grip Security and SecurityScorecard have announced a strategic partnership involving SaaS security risks.

This collaboration offers the industry's first combined risk ratings for both SaaS vendor risk and enterprise identity risks, setting a new standard in cybersecurity.

Explore the intricacies of shadow IT and what you can learn from employee behaviors, as it just might change your cyber security strategy.

This integration offers unprecedented capabilities in many areas including automating content creation, data analysis, and personalized user experiences.

Though the Ticketmaster breach may appear to be a consumer data issue, companies should not dismiss the incident, as your organization may now be at risk.

AI and SaaS tools accelerate claims processing, personalize customer experiences, and monitor behaviors, influencing insurance rates. However, they also introduce new risks and expand the attack surface.

BioTech faces unique challenges due to the critical nature of its data, stringent regulatory environments, and a dynamic workforce. Addressing these challenges requires a robust SIRM strategy.

Recent high-profile breaches like Change Healthcare, Broward Health, and L’Assurance Maladie highlight the importance of protecting and securing identities and the costly consequences when compromised.

What follows are the key details on 10 of the hottest cloud security startups of 2024 so far.

Every company has a SaaS problem, regardless of industry. The Interpublic Group (IPG), a publicly traded Fortune 300 advertising company, was no exception. Containing SaaS sprawl and reducing SaaS risks were significant challenges for the premier global advertising conglomerate—problems they could not solve with other tools.

Two or three years ago, AI tools weren’t readily accessible for everyday use. Today, they are mainstream in our workplaces, yet AI tools are not being secured, and in many organizations, the C-Suite prioritizes innovation over security.

The Snowflake breach highlights threats Grip can help prevent, ensuring robust security measures across your entire SaaS and IaaS landscape.

While the details surrounding the recent Snowflake security incident are still emerging, numerous reports point to a concerning trend.

As leaders of our organizations, we must cultivate a secure business-led IT culture, retaining our innovative spirit while protecting our digital assets. To do so starts with understanding what’s driving business-led IT, managing the risks, and creating a safe environment to explore and innovate without fear of repercussion.

SaaS tools support increased business and operational productivity but also introduce new security risks. Unused and unmonitored software can be gateways for bad actors to exploit networks and breach systems. Explore how to reduce your risks from shadow IT and zombie accounts.

SaaS applications support many facets of modern business operations, yet these services often lie beyond traditional security perimeters, complicating user management and access control. This article explores securing SaaS access more effectively, regardless of how the app was acquired.

Innovation has always been a catalyst for transformation, driving significant changes across industries. Now, tech innovations are fueling changes in SaaS security. See how the shifts impact your organizational risks.

The Grip SSCP enhances CCPA compliance by providing an in-depth view of all SaaS applications, including those outside the IT department's direct control — Grip helps you manage and secure consumer data effectively.

Shadow AI is growing as SaaS makes it more accessible and employees seek innovative solutions to enhance their work efficiency.

Shadow SaaS challenges traditional IT and SaaS processes but also opens the door to a more dynamic and competitive enterprise. While shadow IT can feel like a backdoor undermining our security protocols, employee-initiated SaaS demonstrates the innovative spirit of our workforce seeking to optimize their productivity. The big question is, how can an organization move from shadow IT risks to a culture of employee empowerment?

SaaS security ought to be a major priority for every organization. The widespread adoption of SaaS applications without IT oversight has led to a significant surge in unmanaged SaaS risks, presenting a complex security challenge. But just how extensive is the issue of SaaS sprawl, and what are the resulting risks to SaaS security?

Organizations recognize the critical need to implement Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) across their SaaS environments, a security measure vital for protecting sensitive data and maintaining regulatory compliance. In this discussion, we explore the concept of "MFA Everywhere," the initiatives driving its adoption, and the challenges involved in its implementation.

Gaining visibility into all the SaaS apps used across an enterprise is hard enough, but it becomes an even greater challenge when only a portion of the apps go through the company’s established policies for acquiring new tech. What do other organizations do differently to reduce their SaaS risks more effectively?

Cybersecurity is much like a relentless game of “whac-a-mole”--the advent of new technologies invariably draws out threats that security teams must quickly address.

Frameworks such as NIST CSF, SOC2, and ISO/IEC 27001 are intended to improve an organization’s cybersecurity posture and demonstrate program maturity to potential customers. At least in theory. However, in practice, there’s a thin and widening crack below the surface—shadow SaaS—and overreliance on these frameworks may create a false sense of security.

Explore how Grip Security could have preempted Midnight Blizzard's recent cyberattack on Microsoft, effectively intervening at several junctures prior to the data exfiltration.

As enterprises strive to modernize legacy identity and access management (IAM) systems as companies embrace business-led IT, understanding and mitigating the risks associated with shadow SaaS is crucial.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) recently filed a mandatory SEC disclosure indicating that Russian hackers breached its cloud email environment, and that the incident was possibly linked to a prior internal email security breach that took place in 2023.

With Grip SSCP, the security team can help the production teams leverage SaaS and realize benefits such as reducing costs, greater collaboration, and utilizing the newest technologies

The company recognized the need to contain identity and SaaS sprawl. Grip's panoramic view of all SaaS usage, without proxies, agents, or user disruptions, helped them to do just that.

The volume of cybersecurity transactions increased in 2023 compared to the previous year, but the total amount of funding secured by companies decreased significantly, according to cybersecurity recruitment firm Pinpoint Search Group.

The Grip SaaS Security Control Plane now integrates with Slack to enable the seamless flow of real-time risk alerts directly to designated channels.

U.S. global apparel and footwear company VF Corporation, which owns Vans, Timberland, and North Face, has confirmed having its operations disrupted by a cyberattack, which has led to the encryption of some of its systems and the theft of data, including personal information.

Customer chooses Grip because of its innovative identity-based discovery, uncovering user-SaaS relationships and automating actions such as offboarding, to eliminate identity risk. The organization’s security team was able to remove redundant SaaS and centralize control with decentralized enforcement.

Texas Baptists leveraged Grip’s automated offboarding enabled them to remove the risk of unauthorized access to SaaS (such as dangling access for former users) and helped the security team get more done and effectively integrate new identities and initiatives.

Grip Security, a leader in SaaS identity risk management, announced it has been named to the ‘Cyber 60’ list of top venture-backed startups that offer enterprise-grade cybersecurity solutions in the marketplace.

Fortune teamed up with Lightspeed Venture Partners to identify the fastest-growing startups.

On November 20, 2023, the politically-motivated hacking group SiegedSec said it breached the INL nuclear lab and stole “hundreds of thousands of user, employee, and citizen data.”

The Grip SSCP stands as a unique solution, as it has the potential, in some cases, to generate savings significant enough to offset or even entirely fund the initial purchase cost of the product, making it a financially wise investment for organizations seeking to bolster their digital security and risk governance programs.

In our annual Stellar Startups (previously Emerging Vendors) special report, CRN shines a spotlight on some of the most exciting channel-focused startup vendors with leading-edge technologies that are creating new opportunities for solution providers.

Genetic testing company 23andMe has confirmed a data theft incident from a credential stuffing attack targeting user accounts.

A threat actor is selling data belonging to nearly one million customers of DNA testing company 23andMe, BleepingComputer reports.