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MC381943: General availability of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint alerts in Insider Risk Management

Updated October 19, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Updated August 9, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Updated June 14, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below.

Currently available in public preview, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint alerts will soon be generally available for use within the Insider Risk Management solution in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 83965.

Enables you to import indicators from Microsoft Defender for Endpoint related to unapproved or malicious software installation or bypassing security controls. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, security and policy violations, and more. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.

MC381943: General availability of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint alerts in Insider Risk Management

Involve Workload

  • Defender
  • Defender for Endpoint
  • Microsoft 365 suite
  • Microsoft Compliance center
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
  • Purview
  • Purview Communication Compliance
  • Purview compliance portal
  • Purview Insider Risk Management

When this will happen

Rollout will begin in early July (previously late May) and is expected to be complete by late October (previously late September).

How this will affect your organization

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint alerts provide better visibility into security violations with ability to import and filter Defender for Endpoint alerts for activities used in policies created from Insider Risk Management security violation policy templates.

Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, security and policy violations, and more. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.

What you need to do to prepare

You’ll need to have Microsoft Defender for Endpoint configured in your organization and enable Defender for Endpoint for insider risk management integration in the Defender Security Center to import security violation alerts. For more information on configuring Defender for Endpoint for insider risk management integration, see Configure advanced features in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.

You can access the Insider Risk Management solution in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal:

Learn more

Message ID: MC381943
Created: 19 May 2022
Updated: 19 October 2022
Platform: Online, US Instances, Web, World tenant

Alex Lim is a certified IT Technical Support Architect with over 15 years of experience in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting complex IT systems and networks. He has worked for leading IT companies, such as Microsoft, IBM, and Cisco, providing technical support and solutions to clients across various industries and sectors. Alex has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the National University of Singapore and a master’s degree in information security from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also the author of several best-selling books on IT technical support, such as The IT Technical Support Handbook and Troubleshooting IT Systems and Networks. Alex lives in Bandar, Johore, Malaysia with his wife and two chilrdren. You can reach him at [email protected] or follow him on Website | Twitter | Facebook

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