Insider threats—whether from careless, compromised, or malicious users—pose serious risks to enterprise data. To protect against them, organizations should follow seven key steps: continuously discover and classify sensitive data, monitor all user access (not just privileged users), enforce strict data access policies, use machine learning to uncover unknown threats, leverage analytics tools for swift investigations, quarantine risky users by restricting access, and generate detailed reports to document incidents. This framework helps identify and close gaps in existing security programs.

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