Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management

In a conversation about computer security, cloud security, cyber threats, cyber-attacks, attacks on computer systems, the ways companies and individuals become victims of attacks and lose their data, and how the data is stolen, people usually immediately think about hackers and how external attacks are the reason for data breaches and data loss.

Undoubtedly, hackers and external attacks still pose a threat to company data but as companies and their computer and cloud infrastructure get progressively better protection, attackers increasingly turn to the ones with direct contact with valuable company data.

People with direct contact with the data – employees – are becoming the major threat and concern among businesses of all sizes. Insider threat statistics are scary, and the numbers have been rising constantly. According to various statistics, around 65% of data breaches are caused by insider threats, while more than 70%...