Executive Briefing
THE SHADOW
NETWORK
RISK AUDIT.
Is your organization running on luck,
or an Operating System?
Purpose: To quantify the liability, data leakage, and administrative burnout hidden within your organization’s informal WhatsApp groups.
Strictly Confidential
For Board / Internal Review Only
hlomo (Pty) Ltd
v3.0 // Jan 2026
Instructions: Check the box if the statement is TRUE for your organization.
A check indicates a confirmed risk vector.
01 Data Sovereignty & Compliance
Admins or members use personal WhatsApp accounts to share sensitive IDs, rosters, or financial data.
We lack a protocol to remotely wipe organizational data from a departing member's private gallery.
We lack a central audit trail of sensitive documents shared via WhatsApp.
02 Operational "Noise" & Context
In operational groups, >50% of message volume is "Social Noise" (GIFs, memes).
Critical stakeholder questions frequently go unanswered because they scroll off-screen.
Teams ignore official CRMs/Portals in favor of WhatsApp because official tools are too slow.
03 IP & Security
We have zero visibility on who viewed, saved, or forwarded shared strategy documents.
04 The Admin Burnout Metric
Management spends >5 hours/week manually compiling RSVPs or moderating noise.
If the lead admin quit today, the network would collapse or become unsafe.
The Diagnosis
Count your checked boxes ("YES" answers) above.
Under-utilized mobile connection.
Data leaking. Staff burning out. Reliance on luck.
Non-compliant by default. Deploy Airlock immediately.
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DISCLAIMER: This audit tool is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal or regulatory compliance advice.