Insider risk management software: AI search visibility ranking (2026)
How AI search engines rank insider risk management software by visibility and citations. 20 brands measured monthly across Google AI Mode: which brands the AI names in answers, which domains it cites as sources, and how the leaders compare. Insider risk management software used to detect risky behavior, investigate sensitive data access, and reduce employee, contractor, and third-party misuse. Composite score: 70% visibility (% of AI answers naming the brand) + 30% citation rate (% citing the brand's domain). Full methodology →
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When AI engines like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini field questions about insider risk management software, Microsoft Purview comes up most often by a clear margin, appearing in 37.5% of AI-generated answers. Proofpoint and Forcepoint round out the top three. That pattern holds consistently across engines, making Purview the default reference point buyers will encounter when researching this category through AI.
The rankings reflect where AI engines find credible, citable information. The top sources driving these results are gartner.com, livingsecurity.com, exabeam.com, teramind.co, and cyberhaven.com. Gartner is an analyst aggregator whose category reports carry heavy weight with AI engines. The others are a mix of vendor sites and specialist content hubs. Brands that appear in Gartner coverage or are cited by topical authorities in this security subcategory earn disproportionate AI visibility.
For buyers using this page, one practical consideration stands out: AI engine rankings favor brands with strong third-party validation, particularly recent Gartner coverage and reviews on recognized security-focused platforms. A brand ranked lower here may still be a strong operational fit for your organization, but it likely has thinner independent coverage. If a vendor is not showing up in AI answers, ask them directly what analyst or review site presence they have before shortlisting.
At a glance
What we observed in this categoryauto-generated
Microsoft Purview and Proofpoint share the top position with identical scores of 37.5% visibility, 25.0% citation, and a composite of 33.8. This joint leadership is notable because both sit nearly five times above the category average visibility of 6.9%, creating a pronounced gap between the top tier and the rest of the field. Forcepoint and Cyberhaven cluster at composite 28.8, while every brand from rank 6 downward falls to 12.5 or below, making the top-four a distinct dominant group.
Exabeam and Teramind present the sharpest divergence between being named and being trusted as a source. Exabeam holds 0.0% visibility yet a 50.0% citation rate, the highest citation figure in the dataset. Teramind similarly shows 0.0% visibility against 37.5% citation. This pattern indicates Google AI Mode uses these brands as reference sources within answers about competitors rather than surfacing them as recommended solutions, a meaningful distinction for any brand trying to convert AI presence into buyer consideration.
Google AI Mode is the dominant engine across all 10 ranked brands, listed as the top engine for every entry in the dataset. The top cited external sources include gartner.com and livingsecurity.com alongside vendor-owned domains such as exabeam.com, teramind.co, cyberhaven.com, and forcepoint.com. The presence of youtube.com in the cited sources list suggests AI Mode is pulling video content into insider risk responses, which is an unusual signal relative to most enterprise software categories.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility risers
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Proofpoint 0% → 38% · rank #7 → #2+38pp
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Cyberhaven 0% → 25% · rank #3 → #4+25pp
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Forcepoint 12% → 25% · rank #4 → #3+12pp
Biggest visibility fallers
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Code42 12% → 0% · rank #6 → #8-12pp
The ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
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| 1 |
microsoft.com
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38% | 25% | Google AI Mode |
Microsoft Purview matches Proofpoint exactly at 37.5% visibility and 25.0% citation, both sitting more than five times above the 6.9% category visibility average. |
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| 2 |
proofpoint.com
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38% | 25% | Google AI Mode |
Proofpoint surged from rank 7 to rank 2 with a visibility delta of 37.5 percentage points, while its citation rate held flat at 25.0%, suggesting new named mentions without additional source trust gains. |
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| 3 |
forcepoint.com
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25% | 38% | Google AI Mode |
Forcepoint achieves a citation rate of 37.5% that exceeds its visibility of 25.0%, and its domain appears directly in the top cited sources list, reinforcing its role as a reference point for AI answers. |
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| 4 |
cyberhaven.com
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25% | 38% | Google AI Mode |
Cyberhaven gained 25.0 percentage points of visibility this period but lost 25.0 points of citation simultaneously, signalling a shift from source authority toward brand mention status. |
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| 5 |
exabeam.com
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0% | 50% | Google AI Mode |
Exabeam earns the highest citation rate in the dataset at 50.0% despite 0.0% visibility, meaning AI Mode cites its content heavily while never positioning it as a recommended solution. |
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| 6 |
mimecast.com
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12% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
teramind.co
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0% | 38% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
code42.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
dtexsystems.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
safetica.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
activtrak.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
ekransystem.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
veriato.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
gtbtechnologies.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
nextdlp.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
trellix.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
manageengine.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
splunk.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 19 |
rapid7.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 20 |
netskope.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Sources AI engines trust in this category
Across the 8 buyer-intent queries we ran on insider risk management software, these are the domains Google AI Mode cited most often. If you're not on this list — or if your competitors are — that's a concrete PR / linkbuilding target.
How to read this ranking
Four things worth knowing before you act on the numbers above. These are the same definitions across every industry page — for category-specific observations, see the What we observed section above (where available) and the per-brand insights inline in the ranking.
Visibility = being named
A brand's visibility % is the share of AI answers that mention it by name in the response prose. This is who AI engines actively recommend to the buyer. More on visibility →
Citation rate = being trusted
Citation rate is the share of AI answers that include the brand's domain as a clickable source link. This is what the AI treats as authoritative evidence, different from being named. More on citation rate →
Top engine differs by brand
The "top engine" column shows which AI surface each brand performs best on. Big gaps between a brand's score across engines usually points to specific content or schema gaps. How AI engines pick sources →
Rankings move month to month
AI engines re-crawl and re-rank on shorter cycles than classical search. We re-audit every brand on this list at least every 30 days and refresh this page automatically. How AI search ranking works →
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Frequently asked about insider risk management software AI visibility
Who leads AI visibility in insider risk management software?
Microsoft Purview and Proofpoint share the top position with identical composite scores of 33.8 and visibility rates of 37.5%, both far above the 6.9% category average.
What sources does Google AI Mode cite most for insider risk management research?
The most cited sources include gartner.com, livingsecurity.com, and vendor domains such as exabeam.com, teramind.co, cyberhaven.com, and forcepoint.com, with youtube.com also appearing in the cited sources list.
Which brands are cited frequently but rarely recommended by AI?
Exabeam has a 50.0% citation rate alongside 0.0% visibility, and Teramind shows 37.5% citation with 0.0% visibility, indicating both are used as reference sources rather than surfaced as recommended solutions.
Which brand showed the biggest AI visibility gain in this category recently?
Proofpoint recorded the largest gain, rising from 0.0% to 37.5% visibility and moving from rank 7 to rank 2, the largest rank change among all risers in the dataset.
Which brand lost AI visibility and how significant was the drop?
Code42 is the only recorded faller, dropping from 12.5% to 0.0% visibility and sliding from rank 6 to rank 8, leaving it with a composite score of 0.0.
How concentrated is AI visibility in this category?
The top four brands all score composite 28.8 or above, while the category average visibility is just 6.9%, and six of the top ten brands have 0.0% visibility, showing extreme concentration at the top.