Microsoft security tools questioned for treating employees as threats

Can you effectively monitor employee activity to prevent and root out insider threats, or are you turning your workplace into a hostile surveillance environment? The Register reports that a report by Cracked Labs examines how workplace surveillance turns workers into suspects:

Software designed to address legitimate business concerns about cyber security and compliance treats employees as threats, normalizing intrusive surveillance in the workplace, according to a report by Cracked Labs.

The report, titled “Employees as Risks” – released today by the Vienna-based non-profit – explores software from Microsoft and formerly from Forcepoint – specifically SIEM (security information and event management) and UEBA (user and entity behavior analytics) applications.

Part of an ongoing series of reports titled “Surveillance and Digital Control at Work,” the paper examines the way in which expansive information gathering in the workplace turns employees into suspects without cause.

Read more at The Register.