Method and apparatus for inspecting sensitive information stored in file system

Disclosed is a method of inspecting sensitive information stored in a file system. The method includes storing file inspection result information including a file path field, a field of whether file writing is changed, a file size field, a final file modification date field, and a field of a number of detection per pattern, with respect to files in the file system, monitoring a file change event generated in the file system, detecting a type of the file change event sensed according to the monitoring the file change event, modifying the file inspection result information with respect to the file system according to the type of the file change event, detecting whether sensitive information is included, with respect to modified files in the file inspection result information, and modifying the file inspection result information by reflecting sensitive detection information according to the detection of the sensitive information.