Insider Risk Management
The latest Insider Risk Management coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
U.S. Government Clouds to Get Purview's AI Agent Watchdog in October 2026
Microsoft is planning to arm U.S. government cloud tenants with long-awaited tools to monitor AI agents for risky behavior, according to a roadmap entry published July 13. The company aims to bring...
Microsoft Purview Now Monitors AI Agent Risks, But a Preview Label Confuses Rollout
On July 13, 2026, Microsoft updated its 365 roadmap to declare general availability for a long-awaited security feature: Insider Risk Management in Microsoft Purview now monitors AI agents. The...
Microsoft Defender Will Surface Purview IRM Triage Summaries in August 2026 Preview
In August 2026, Microsoft will preview an integration that places Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management’s Data Security Triage Agent summaries directly inside the Microsoft Defender alert...
Microsoft Adds In-Alert File Previews to Purview Insider Risk Management, Speeding Up Investigations
Microsoft has started rolling out a long‑awaited capability to its Purview Insider Risk Management platform: the ability to preview files and content directly from inside an alert. The rollout,...
Preview: Purview Insider Risk Management Now Catches Data Leaks in Microsoft Fabric and Cloud Apps
Microsoft has quietly rolled out a preview that arms security teams with new weapons against data leaks in two rapidly expanding frontiers: Microsoft Fabric and cloud storage services. The update to...
Government Tenants Get AI Data Guardrails: Purview to Detect Sensitive Content in AI Prompts by August 2026
Microsoft will bring priority-content filtering to its Risky AI usage policy template in Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management for U.S. government cloud environments starting in August 2026, the...
Microsoft to Automatically Preserve Deleted Data for High-Risk Users in Government Clouds
Microsoft has confirmed that government cloud tenants will soon be able to automatically preserve emails and files deleted by users flagged as high risk. The feature, part of the Microsoft Purview...
Microsoft Sets 2026 Roadmap for Purview DLP Over Entra Internet Access to Block AI Data Leaks
Microsoft has quietly placed a major security integration on its Microsoft 365 Roadmap: the combination of Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) with Entra Internet Access. The new feature,...
Microsoft Purview Now Lets Admins Choose Which AI Apps to Monitor for Risky Prompts
Microsoft has pushed a significant update to its Purview Insider Risk Management suite, giving security teams a long-requested capability: the power to select exactly which AI applications are...
Microsoft Purview to Reveal Risky AI Prompts in Plaintext by June 2026
Microsoft has confirmed that a powerful new capability is coming to its Purview Insider Risk Management platform, set to roll out between May and June 2026. Enterprise security teams will soon be...