π A curated index of top commercial SaaS platforms and open-source cybersecurity repositories for Insider Risk Management (IRM), User & Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA), Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Privileged User Activity Monitoring (UAM), and Behavioral Threat Detection.
- π SaaS / Hosted Enterprise Platforms
- π» Open-Source GitHub Projects
- π§© Frameworks for Custom Insider Threat Detection
- π€ How to Contribute
- π Star History
- βοΈ Disclaimer
π Estimated Market Size & Sector Structure: The global Insider Risk Management & Insider Threat Detection market was valued at $4.8 Billion in 2024 and is projected to reach $11.9 Billion by 2030, expanding at a CAGR of ~18.5%. The sector is moderately fragmented: mega-cap enterprise cloud conglomerates (Microsoft) and cybersecurity market incumbents (Proofpoint, Varonis, Forcepoint) dominate large enterprise suites, while agile, high-growth pure-play vendors (Cyberhaven, DTEX, Teramind) capture substantial market share through specialized data lineage tracing and endpoint UEBA telemetry.
| Platform | Company Size (Valuation / Revenue) | Starting Pricing | Free Tier / Trial Limits | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management | ~$3.1T Market Cap / ~$245B Annual Revenue (Public: MSFT) | Starting at $12.00/user/month (Purview Suite add-on for M365 E3) or included in M365 E5 ($57.00/user/month); compute billing at ~$25 per 10,000 logs (1 DSPU). | 90-day free trial via Microsoft Purview Portal (up to 25 user licenses / 300 evaluations; no free-forever plan). | Native Microsoft 365 / Azure insider risk solution correlating telemetry across email, files, Teams, and endpoints to identify risky employee activities. |
| Proofpoint Insider Threat Management | ~$12.3B Valuation / ~$1.5B Annual Revenue (Thoma Bravo) | Starting at Β£13.40 to Β£62.00 (~$17.00β$80.00)/user/year (~$1.40β$6.70/user/month) on public framework volume tiers. | 30-day Proof of Concept (PoC) / complimentary threat assessment trial (full session capture on select test endpoints; no free-forever plan). | Enterprise insider threat platform combining session recording, behavioral risk scoring, and deep email/DLP telemetry. |
| ObserveIT (Proofpoint) | ~$12.3B Parent Valuation (Acquired for $225M) / ~$1.5B Rev | Starting at Β£62.00 (~$80.00)/monitored endpoint/year (~$6.70/endpoint/month via G-Cloud framework). | 30-day Proof of Concept (PoC) trial (session recording & keystroke logging for up to 20 test endpoints; no free-forever plan). | Dedicated session-recording, keystroke logging, and user-activity monitoring technology integrated into Proofpoint's security portfolio. |
| Code42 Incydr | ~$5.8B Parent Valuation (Mimecast / Permira) / ~$600M Rev | Starting at $30.00β$45.00/user/year (~$2.50β$3.75/user/month) for core endpoint monitoring with annual contract minimums. | 30-day Proof of Value (POV) guided trial (evaluates file movement and data exposure across test machines; no free-forever plan). | Data-exfiltration focused platform tracking file movement across endpoints, cloud storage, and email without heavy upfront policy tuning. |
| Varonis Data Security Platform | ~$5.5B Market Cap / ~$550M ARR (Public: VRNS) | Starting at $50.00β$95.00/user/year (~$4.15β$7.90/user/month) for core SaaS Data Security Platform (DSP) modules. | 30-day free trial / complimentary Data Risk Assessment (DRA) covering automated discovery across enterprise repositories; no free-forever plan. | Data-centric security platform specialized in access governance, permissions analysis, and behavioral detection of abnormal file access. |
| Forcepoint Insider Threat | ~$2.4B Valuation / ~$450M Annual Revenue (Francisco Partners) | Starting at Β£119.00βΒ£129.20 (~$150.00β$165.00)/endpoint/year (~$12.50β$13.75/endpoint/month) on public framework schedules. | 30-day guided evaluation trial (limited to test endpoints with video playback and policy alert capture; no free-forever plan). | Insider threat platform integrated with Forcepointβs DLP and human-centric behavioral risk analytics. |
| Securonix | ~$1.5B Valuation / ~$120M ARR (Vista Equity Partners) | Starting at $15.00β$25.00/GB/day data ingestion (~$3.00β$5.00/user/month equivalent) with entry enterprise tiers starting at $15,000/year. | 30-day guided Proof of Concept (PoC) trial (limited to 10β25 GB/day log ingestion for UEBA baseline anomaly modeling; no free-forever plan). | Next-gen SIEM and cloud UEBA platform with machine learning behavioral models designed for detecting insider threats and fraud. |
| Cyberhaven | ~$1.0B Valuation / ~$52M Annual Revenue (Series D) | Starting at $35.00β$48.00/user/year (~$3.00β$4.00/user/month) with entry enterprise annual commitments starting around $30,000/year. | 14 to 30-day Proof of Value (POV) structured trial (limited to data lineage tracking across designated test endpoints/cloud apps; no free-forever plan). | Data detection and response (DDR) platform that traces data lineage to detect unauthorized file exfiltration and shadow AI usage. |
| DTEX Systems (InTERCEPT) | ~$350Mβ$400M Valuation / ~$35M+ ARR (CapitalG / Alphabet) | Starting at $35.00β$60.00/endpoint/year (~$3.00β$5.00/user/month) with enterprise annual minimums starting at $25,000/year. | 30-day Proof of Value (POV) trial (monitors 100β500 test endpoints for metadata-only behavioral baseline; no free-forever plan). | Enterprise insider risk platform emphasizing privacy-preserving metadata analytics and lightweight endpoint behavioral scoring. |
| Teramind | ~$120Mβ$150M Valuation / ~$25M ARR (Bootstrapped / Profitable) | Starting at $11.25/user/month (Starter tier billed annually, 5-user minimum = $56.25/mo) or $15.00/user/month monthly; UAM tier starts at $22.50/user/month. | 7-day free trial for Cloud deployments (or 14-day free trial for On-Premise) for up to 5 users/endpoints with full features; no free-forever plan. | Employee monitoring and insider threat detection platform with real-time screen recording, keystroke logging, and automated policy rules. |
Open-source tools, telemetry frameworks, SIEM rule packs, and UEBA analytics toolkits sorted by GitHub stars in descending order.
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osquery
β‘ Operating system instrumentation framework that exposes an entire OS as a high-performance relational SQL database, widely deployed for real-time endpoint telemetry, process anomaly tracking, and insider threat hunting. -
ActivityWatch
π Privacy-first, open-source automated user and employee activity tracker that records application usage, window titles, and active working intervals with local-only data storage. -
Wazuh
π‘οΈ Open-source enterprise security platform delivering unified XDR, SIEM, File Integrity Monitoring (FIM), and behavioral anomaly detection for monitoring privileged user activity and unauthorized file modifications. -
Sigma
π Generic, open signature format and rule collection for SIEM systems, offering hundreds of community-curated behavioral detection rules for privilege escalation, abnormal data access, and suspicious exfiltration patterns. -
Caldera
π― MITRE's automated cyber adversary and insider threat emulation platform, enabling security teams to test detection defenses against simulated insider sabotage and credential misuse. -
Security Onion
π§ Free and open platform for threat hunting, enterprise security monitoring, and log management, integrating endpoint data analysis and full packet inspection. -
Logparser
π Open-source machine learning benchmark toolkit for automated log parsing, structuring raw activity logs into events for downstream UEBA anomaly detection and user behavioral clustering. -
Loki
π Simple, lightweight cross-platform IOC and internal anomaly scanner that audits endpoints for suspicious scripts, file anomalies, and malicious process activity. -
BinaryAlert
π¨ Airbnb's open-source serverless detection engine that analyzes uploaded file telemetry and detects potential malicious or unauthorized binary staging. -
Elastic Detection Rules
βοΈ Open repository of production detection rules for Elastic Security, containing dedicated rulesets for UEBA, credential dumping, lateral movement, and data exfiltration. -
Sysmon Modular
π§© Modular, community-maintained configuration repository for Microsoft Sysmon, tailored for deep endpoint telemetry collection, file modification tracking, and insider threat logging. -
CASER
π MITRE's open ontology and framework for modeling insider threat cases, incident response workflows, and behavioral risk scoring.
To construct an open-source or hybrid insider risk analytics pipeline:
- Telemetry Ingestion: Collect endpoint, identity, and data-access telemetry via Sysmon, osquery, or Wazuh.
- Data Pipeline & Normalization: Parse and normalize events with Logparser into ClickHouse, Elasticsearch, or OpenSearch.
- Behavioral Analytics & UEBA: Apply anomaly detection algorithms (Isolation Forests, Autoencoders, rolling baseline metrics) or rules from Sigma and Elastic Rules.
- Privacy-by-Design: Implement pseudonymization, data retention policies, and threshold-based identity reveals to safeguard employee privacy and ensure compliance.
Contributions are welcome! To contribute:
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README.md(keep descriptions factual, pricing specific, and link official sources) - Ensure open-source entries include valid GitHub links and star badges π
- Submit a Pull Request with a short summary of changes π
- This is a community-curated list for research, evaluation, and security engineering purposes.
- Insider threat monitoring involves sensitive employee data and requires careful policy design, legal review, and strict data-minimization practices.
- Always align monitoring programs with applicable labor laws, privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA), and involve HR, legal, and privacy stakeholders.