Provided are an information protection apparatus and system. The information protection apparatus based on Windows, Unix, or Linux includes a first check unit, a second check unit, and a security measure unit. The first check unit checks whether there is a file including monitoring information among a plurality of check target files in a local storage area, according to a predetermined check policy. The second check unit checks whether there is a file including the monitoring information among the check target files in a sharing storage area of a file system that is shared in a network drive type in an NFS scheme. The security measure unit performs a security measure conforming to a predetermined security policy for the file including the monitoring information.