Shadow Vendor Management
Gain visibility into OAuth-connected applications and third-party vendors. Assess risk, track user behavior, and reduce your exposure to unauthorized data access.
Positions are schematic.
OAuth access is expanding. Visibility isn't.
Employees routinely authorize applications that connect via OAuth. These apps bypass traditional controls and introduce unmanaged data exposure. Without oversight, your organization inherits the security posture, and risks, of every third-party vendor connected to your environment.
Case study / Observed
A departing employee used Google Takeout to export their entire Google Drive. The authorization was granted via OAuth. No endpoint protection tools flagged it. No alerts fired. The export included financial models, board decks, and client deliverables. It went unnoticed for weeks.
How it works
Manage OAuth-connected applications with confidence
Shadow vendor monitoring shows application risk, usage trends, user behavior, and vendor posture — so your security team can act before issues escalate.
Vendor security dashboard
Summary metrics, app usage trends, and risk visualizations across connected vendors and users.
OAuth risk inventory
A detailed inventory of OAuth-connected applications, with install counts, activity timestamps, and risk scoring.
Detect experimenters
Identify users who frequently authorize new apps, increasing your organizational risk footprint.
Built for security and risk teams
- Faster incident response
- Quickly isolate unauthorized apps and users.
- Proactive monitoring
- Detect high-risk OAuth behavior before it escalates.
- Improved audit readiness
- Maintain a searchable record of vendor scopes and risk classifications.
- Aligned with real-world behavior
- Monitor actual user installs and authentication trends over time.
Shadow vendor monitoring is available to all NovaCove customers. No additional configuration required.
Next step
Stop losing deals to a checkbox
Turn on NovaCove and your prospects get a queryable view of your security. Real controls. Evidence that maps to SOC 2 when you're ready. No audit required to close the deal.