Overview:
Risks are the active part of the platform. Meaning the enabled Risk conditions are always scanning and flagging content. Policies are the reactive side of the platform. Meaning enabled Policy conditions can trigger alerts or automated actions.
Details:
Risks can be combined with Policies to meet security and safety end goals.
Risk:
Risks are considered to be any sensitive information inside your environment. This could relate to social security numbers, credit card details, graphic images, toxic or self harm language and other custom definitions.
Policy:
Policies allow for setup of various conditions to help enforce rules based on user activity. This allows for setups to trigger alerts or take automated actions when policy conditions are met. These settings cover a wide range of events related to file and email content, user logins or app connections.