Microsoft PurviewInsider Risk Management
Detect and manage insider risks like data theft and leaks, with privacy built in.
Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management uses machine learning and signals across Microsoft 365 to detect, investigate, and act on insider risks — data theft by departing employees, accidental leaks, and policy violations — with privacy controls and pseudonymisation built in. Faltrox operates it as managed insider risk management.
Overview
What Insider Risk Management is
Not every threat comes from outside — departing employees exfiltrate data, well-meaning users leak sensitive information, and policy violations go unnoticed. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management surfaces these insider risks using machine learning and signals across Microsoft 365, while respecting employee privacy through pseudonymisation and role-based access.
It correlates signals — data downloads and exfiltration, departing-employee activity, sensitive-data access, and policy violations — into risk alerts, using built-in policy templates (data theft by leavers, data leaks, and more) and machine learning to prioritise genuine risk. Privacy controls pseudonymise users by default and enforce separation of duties. It integrates with Communication Compliance, DLP, and eDiscovery for investigation and response. Faltrox operates it as managed insider risk management.
Coverage
What it protects
The platforms, threats, and surfaces this product is built to defend.
Departing Employees
Detects data theft and exfiltration by departing employees.
Data Leaks
Surfaces accidental and deliberate leaks of sensitive data.
Policy Violations
Detects violations of organisational policy across Microsoft 365.
ML Risk Detection
Machine learning correlates signals into prioritised risk alerts.
Privacy by Design
Pseudonymisation and role-based access respect employee privacy.
Integrated Investigation
Integrates with Communication Compliance, DLP, and eDiscovery.
How it works
The mechanism
How the product moves from signal to protected state, step by step.
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Signal
Signals across Microsoft 365 — downloads, exfiltration, departing-employee activity — are collected.
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Detect
Built-in policy templates and machine learning correlate signals into prioritised risk alerts.
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Protect Privacy
Users are pseudonymised by default and separation of duties is enforced.
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Investigate & Act
Alerts are investigated with integrated Communication Compliance, DLP, and eDiscovery, and acted on.
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Operate
Faltrox tunes the policies and runs investigation and response as managed insider risk management.
Capabilities
Key capabilities
Insider Risk Detection
Detects data theft, leaks, and policy violations by insiders using ML.
Built-In Policy Templates
Templates for data theft by departing employees, data leaks, and more.
ML Risk Prioritisation
Machine learning correlates signals into prioritised risk alerts.
Privacy Controls
Pseudonymises users by default and enforces separation of duties.
Departing-Employee Detection
Detects exfiltration and risky activity by employees who are leaving.
Integrated Investigation
Integrates with Communication Compliance, DLP, and eDiscovery for response.
Case Management
Manages insider-risk cases from alert to resolution.
Purview Integration
Part of the unified Microsoft Purview data security and compliance platform.
Works with
Part of the platform
Microsoft products this pairs with, and the Faltrox services that operate it.
Delivery
You buy the outcome, not the console
Managed by Faltrox
Faltrox licenses, deploys, and tunes Microsoft Insider Risk Management for your environment, then runs it as part of a managed service, so you get the protection without staffing another security console.
FAQ
Common questions
01What insider risks does it detect?
Data theft by departing employees, accidental and deliberate data leaks, and policy violations — using machine learning to correlate signals across Microsoft 365 into prioritised risk alerts, so genuine insider risk surfaces rather than being lost in noise.
02Does it respect employee privacy?
Yes — privacy is built in. Users are pseudonymised by default, and separation of duties is enforced (the people configuring policy are separated from those investigating), so insider risk management is done in a privacy-respecting, governed way rather than surveillance.
03How does it catch departing-employee data theft?
A built-in policy template correlates departing-employee status (from HR connectors) with data-exfiltration signals — so heightened risk is detected when someone who is leaving starts downloading or exfiltrating sensitive data, which is a common and costly insider-threat scenario.
04How does it fit investigation and response?
It integrates with Communication Compliance, DLP, and eDiscovery, so an insider-risk alert can be investigated with the relevant communications and data and escalated to legal discovery if needed — a connected workflow from detection to response.
05How does Faltrox operate it?
We configure the insider-risk policies and privacy controls, tune the ML detection, and run investigation and response — delivering managed insider risk management that surfaces and acts on insider threats while respecting employee privacy.
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