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Insider Risk Management builds a framework around the new paradigm of "Risk tolerance," aiming to give security teams the visibility and context around data activity to protect that data, without putting rigid constraints on users.

The answer is a new category of data security technology: Insider Risk Management.

IRM builds a framework around the new paradigm of "Risk tolerance," aiming to give security teams the visibility and context around data activity to protect that data, without putting rigid constraints on users.

According to Gartner, "Security and risk management leaders have observed an increase in demand for assessing and managing Insider Risk, including surveillance of high-risk workers and anomaly monitoring of critical applications and data."*. Insider Risk vs. Insider Threat.

The new paradigm of Insider Risk management is all about understanding nuanced risk - not preventing it.

With no easy, clear demarcation between what's definitively threatening and what's just everyday work, it's clear that security teams need a new approach for mitigating data security risks.

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https://threatpost.com/a-new-paradigm-in-data-security-insider-risk-management/164768/