How does CyberArk EPM reduce insider threats?

CyberArk EPM reduces insider threats primarily through the implementation of least privilege access. This approach ensures that users have only the minimum levels of access necessary to perform their job functions. By limiting user permissions, the potential for abuse or accidental misuse of sensitive information and system resources is significantly diminished. This precautionary measure helps in controlling access to critical systems and data, thereby reducing the surface area for potential insider threats.

The least privilege principle also encourages a more secure environment by requiring users to request elevated access only when necessary for specific tasks. This can be paired with additional monitoring and auditing strategies to ensure any elevated access is appropriate and to track usage, which further mitigates the risk of insider threats.

Other options like increasing user permissions, eliminating all user access, or tracking only administrator actions do not align with the principle of managing and reducing insider threats effectively. Increasing permissions could expose critical systems to risk, eliminating access entirely would hinder operational functionality, and only tracking administrator actions ignores potential threats posed by non-administrator users.