Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management Reviews

Name: Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
Brand: Microsoft
Rating: 3.8 (3 reviews)

3.8 out of 5

3 reviews
66% willing to recommend

What is Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management?

Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management is used to identify and mitigate internal threats, monitor risky activities, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards, tracking confidential information, detecting unusual behavior, and managing data protection.

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Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management is the #1 ranked solution in top Insider Risk Management solutions and #29 ranked solution in top Microsoft Security Suite solutions. PeerSpot users give Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management an average rating of 7.6 out of 10. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management is most commonly compared to Microsoft Intune: Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management vs Microsoft Intune. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 50% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a computer software company, accounting for 35% of all views.

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Featured Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management reviews

PaulRosales

Manager, Information Technology Security Compliance at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees

Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management was helpful in performing investigations after alerts were received. I was able to quickly identify the source of issues, which was valuable for data loss prevention. Additionally, it has saved us money on lawsuits and the loss of important confidential information that could lead to legal issues.

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Dogan Colak

IT Consultant at freelancer

I work with a Microsoft partner company that serves enterprise clients. Clients are at risk from USB sticks and remote workers. Some people have privileged access to sensitive documents. With Insider Risk Management, you can track if someone attempts to copy a critical document to a USB stick, download something to their device, or send documents to their personal email accounts. Most of our customers pay a high amount for Microsoft enterprise licenses—more than a million dollars annually — so they want to get the full benefits of their licenses. Insider Risk Management is an excellent product that improves their security posture from the perspective of insider risks. It can take a long time to see the results, and most of the time, they are not given dynamically. It can take one or two days, but customers are happy to see the results. In Insider Risk Management, you can see which user was responsible this activity. They also have some eDiscovery teams and are happy to give their team some tests. They can create some eDiscovery cases to investigate the free feature alerts and actions. However, this can take weeks or months. The solution provides insight into user activity in Microsoft 365 products, such as Teams, Outlook, One Drive, etc. For example, it gives you alerts if a user downloads a file to their device, attempts to change the sensitivity label for a document, or tries to upload something to a third-party solution like Salesforce. With this solution, you can see all activity related to filename changes, sharing, etc. These insights are critical to a company's security because many attacks involve a hacker hijacking an employee's account to do something inside your company. This product creates more alerts for your security team. You can manage the alerts to reduce the noise because if you get dozens of alerts, it's hard to tell if something is dangerous or just normal activity. It takes time to create some useful policies. You can integrate Insider Risk Management with Microsoft Sentinel so that the alerts from risk management appear in Sentinel's live dashboard. It improves our threat response. It's more of a useful feature rather than one that saves a lot of time. We're generating thousands of alerts on the dashboards, which take time to adapt and understand, but many customers already use Insider Risk Management in their Sentinel dashboards. I don't have any data for this, but integration with Sentinel dashboards can save one or two hours because customers usually have some filters configured in Sentinel, so it's easier to find what you're looking for.

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Amit Talpade

Consultant

The best thing about Purview is that it's easy to integrate with our day-to-day environment. We have Active Directory, Word, and Excel. Using a third-party vendor and trying to integrate with our existing environment would be much more challenging. There are predefined categories, and policies, that are created and they make implementation easy. The roles are well-defined. If a certain incident or an event is created, how should it be forwarded? What would be the process of managing that incident? Everything has been pretty well defined. Purview is a self-contained environment. With other tools I've used, there is a DLP solution in place or something like a Defender solution in place. They just show you the log. But with Purview, there is a ticketing system, making it an independent environment. For example, if there is an incident tomorrow, you can create rules to create a ticket and automatically assign it to the help desk so that they can work on it. There is a workflow already in the picture, so you don't need a separate ticketing system if you don't have one. And you can always integrate it with your main ticketing system. One of the features we have used is the connectors to interface with Workday, which is our HR tool. Whenever a person is in a probation period, when he is going to leave the company, it automatically starts monitoring any information being carried out from the company for his private use or in his future employment. We have configured those rules and it makes our lives easier because we don't need to ask HR or finance for a list of people who are going to leave the company at a particular point in time. The connectors do that entire work seamlessly.

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Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management mindshare

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As of August 2025, the mindshare of Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management in the Insider Risk Management category stands at 20.5%, up from 11.0% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Valuable Features

"Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management was helpful in performing investigations after alerts were received."
"Insider Risk Management's graphing is highly specific and useful. You can see the last six months of data for the Microsoft tenant. You can easily find what you need. For example, you can filter for alerts about devices, emails, etc."
"The best thing about Purview is that it's easy to integrate with our day-to-day environment. We have Active Directory, and Word and Excel. Using a third-party vendor and trying to integrate with our existing environment would be much more challenging."

Room for Improvement

"The reporting capabilities sometimes leave a little to be desired. It could be improved in terms of producing reports to provide information to the C-suite or others."
"The user interface also isn't user-friendly. When we introduce Insider Risk Management to our clients, they often find it difficult to understand. There is too much information, and the UI is not scalable. Also, entry-level IT technicians are not always interested in learning something new. It should be clearer and easier to understand."
"For certain things, you need to install an agent. I understand it's for integrity, but if there could be a clientless solution for certain aspects, it would make life easier."

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Top industries

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Computer Software Company

35%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Government

Comms Service Provider

Outsourcing Company

University

Construction Company

Energy/Utilities Company

Healthcare Company

Insurance Company

Non Tech Company

Educational Organization

Real Estate/Law Firm

Legal Firm

Hospitality Company

Retailer

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Media Company

Transportation Company

Marketing Services Firm

Non Profit

Aerospace/Defense Firm

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Learn more about Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management

Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management provides actionable insights and automates risk management processes to enhance security and safeguard sensitive data. Users benefit from its ability to detect insider threats early and appreciate its comprehensive auditing capabilities and customizable risk indicators. It seamlessly integrates with existing systems, allowing for easy policy configuration and leveraging advanced machine learning algorithms. Users find the real-time alerts to enhance security monitoring and proactive risk mitigation. Its detailed incident reporting and efficient data protection are frequently commended.

What are the key features of Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management?

Early Detection: Identifies insider threats at an early stage.
Comprehensive Auditing: Offers extensive auditing capabilities for thorough investigation.
Customizable Risk Indicators: Allows for tailoring risk indicators to specific needs.
Seamless Integration: Integrates effortlessly with existing systems.
Easy Policy Configuration: Simplifies the setup of security policies.
Advanced Machine Learning: Utilizes sophisticated algorithms for better threat detection.
Real-time Alerts: Provides instant notifications to enhance monitoring.
Detailed Incident Reporting: Generates comprehensive reports on incidents.
Efficient Data Protection: Ensures confidential information is secure.

What benefits and ROI can users expect?

Enhanced Security: Improved threat detection and mitigation.
Actionable Insights: Helps in making informed security decisions.
Automated Processes: Reduces manual effort in risk management.
Compliance Assurance: Ensures adherence to regulatory standards.

In industries such as finance, healthcare, and legal, Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management is implemented to secure client data, ensure regulatory compliance, and proactively mitigate internal threats. Organizations leverage its real-time alerts, advanced machine learning capabilities, and detailed reporting to maintain stringent security standards in highly regulated environments.

Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management was previously known as Microsoft Insider Risk Management.