The Challenge
Traditional SSPM tools surface every new OAuth app but stop at detection, leaving security teams to manually triage alerts while an unmanaged Shadow IT attack surface continues to grow.
Our Solution
Material uses AI to verify new apps, revoke suspicious or unused access, and prioritize dangerous permissions, automating Shadow IT governance while continuously reducing your attack surface.
Hear it from our customers
“At the end of the deployment process, I was trying to figure out which was better: Material's product or the support we received during the rollout and continue to benefit from today.”
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Allen Jeter
Director of IT
The Challenge
The burden of the detect-and-notify cycle
Traditional SSPM tools are excellent at creating lists, but they’re terrible at taking action. They flood your SOC with alerts about every new "PDF Converter" or "Calendar Linker" installed by a curious employee. This leaves the security team with two bad options: spend hours manually vetting low-risk apps or ignore the alerts entirely until an app that's been verified by Google causes an incident.
- The result is a paper-tiger security posture You have the visibility, but you lack the operational capacity to do anything with it. You’re left with a massive, unmanaged attack surface of machine identities that you’re technically aware of but practically unable to govern.
Our Solution
AI threat triage and automated cleanup
Material uses AI to handle the repetitive parts of Shadow IT governance so your team can focus on actual threats. Material uses automation to bridge the gap between discovery and remediation.
- Bilateral remediation When an employee installs a new, unknown app, Material’s AI agent sends them a Slack message: "Did you just install this?" If they say "No," the agent revokes the app immediately and flags it for investigation. This turns your entire workforce into a distributed triage team.
- Automated zombie app cleanup Material’s AI identifies applications that haven't been used in 90 days and automatically revokes their access. This continuously shrinks your attack surface without requiring a single manual audit.
- Permission right-sizing Material uses AI to prioritize apps with high-risk scopes, like the ability to modify Gmail settings or delete Drive files, ensuring your team only spends time on the integrations that actually pose a risk to the business.
