Security News > 2021 > October > Microsoft 365 will get enhanced insider risk management tools
Microsoft is updating Microsoft 365 to allow admins to better manage insider security threats in their environments with improvements to risky activity detection and visibility.
Insider Risk Management enables Microsoft 365 cloud services platform customers to detect, investigate, and remediate insider security threats within their organizations across Office, Windows, Azure, and third-party apps like HR systems.
In February 2022, Microsoft 365 users will also get better visibility of risky activity in their tenants via browsers and associated insider risk policy templates.
Microsoft first announced the addition of Insider Risk Management to Microsoft 365 private preview in November 2019 at the Ignite 2019 conference in Orlando, Florida.
The company also rolled out Insider Risk Management Analytics in public preview in March 2021, allowing customers to audit logs daily to detect potentially malicious insider activity.
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warned public and private sector organizations of the risk stemming from insider threats.