Why do OAuth grants matter for SaaS management?
Every SaaS app your employees signed into using a company Google or Microsoft account created an OAuth grant — that list is the single most complete inventory of what your company actually uses.
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OAuth grants persist even after someone stops using the app. That means a former employee's OAuth grants can leak company data to apps IT never sanctioned — a common finding in SOC 2 audits.
The grants list is your discovery source for both shadow IT (unsanctioned apps) and zombie access (former employees still connected to apps).
Review OAuth grants monthly. Revoke everything with 'high-risk' scopes tied to inactive users. Sanction anything that shows up on 5+ employees' grants — it's clearly load-bearing.
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The audit path above works. It also takes hours per month per tool. SeatMap.AI runs it on a schedule, stages the reclaim actions for review, and shows you the annualized savings in real dollars.