Trained across security and networking
disciplines and armed with trillions of data signals, Security
Copilot dramatically increases the reach, speed and effectiveness
of any security team
REDMOND,
Wash., March 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft
Corp. on Tuesday announced it is bringing the next generation of AI
to cybersecurity with the launch of Microsoft Security Copilot,
giving defenders a much-needed tool to quickly detect and respond
to threats and better understand the threat landscape overall.
Security Copilot will combine Microsoft's vast threat intelligence
footprint with industry-leading expertise to augment the work of
security professionals through an easy-to-use AI assistant.
"Today the odds remain stacked against cybersecurity
professionals. Too often, they fight an asymmetric battle against
relentless and sophisticated attackers," said Vasu Jakkal, corporate vice president, Microsoft
Security. "With Security Copilot, we are shifting the balance of
power into our favor. Security Copilot is the first and only
generative AI security product enabling defenders to move at the
speed and scale of AI."
Security Copilot is designed to work seamlessly with security
teams, empowering defenders to see what is happening in their
environment, learn from existing intelligence, correlate threat
activity, and make more informed, efficient decisions at machine
speed.
Simplifying complexity and accelerating
responses
In a world where there are 1,287 password attacks per second,
fragmented tools and infrastructure have not been enough to stop
attackers. And although attacks have increased 67% over the past
five years, the security industry has not been able to hire enough
cyberrisk professionals to keep pace. This has led to defenders who
are overwhelmed searching for well-disguised attacks within an
impossibly large volume of expanding network traffic and other
signals.
Security Copilot will simplify complexity and amplify the
capabilities of security teams by summarizing and making sense of
threat intelligence, helping defenders see through the noise of web
traffic and identify malicious activity.
It will also help security teams catch what others miss by
correlating and summarizing data on attacks, prioritizing incidents
and recommending the best course of action to swiftly remediate
diverse threats, in time.
Continually learning to augment the expertise of security
teams
Security Copilot will also continually learn and improve to help
ensure that security teams are operating with the latest knowledge
of attackers, their tactics, techniques and procedures. The product
will provide ongoing access to the most advanced OpenAI models to
support demanding security tasks and applications. Its visibility
into threats is powered by both the customer organization's
security data and Microsoft's vast threat analysis
footprint.
These capabilities can empower security teams of any size with
the skills and abilities of much larger organizations. In addition,
Security Copilot helps address skills shortages in cybersecurity by
bridging knowledge gaps and enhancing workflows, threat actor
profiles and incident reporting across teams.
"Advancing the state of security requires both people and
technology — human ingenuity paired with the most advanced tools
that help apply human expertise at speed and scale," said
Charlie Bell, executive vice
president, Microsoft Security. "With Security Copilot we are
building a future where every defender is empowered with the tools
and technologies necessary to make the world a safer
place."
Built on the Microsoft platform and industry-leading threat
intelligence
Microsoft is uniquely qualified to help customers explore and
adapt AI to boost their cybersecurity defenses. Microsoft Security
is actively tracking more than 50 ransomware gangs as well as more
than 250 unique nation-state cybercriminal organizations, and
receives 65 trillion threat signals every day. Microsoft technology
blocks more than 25 billion brute-forced password theft attempts
every second, and more than 8,000 security professionals at
Microsoft analyze more security signals than almost any other
company — on average Microsoft's Security Operations Center
analysts utilize over 100 different data sources.
Acquisitions like RiskIQ and Miburo give Microsoft
breath of signal and depth intelligence on threat actors that no
one else has. Security Copilot also integrates natively with a
growing list of Microsoft Security products, such as Microsoft
Sentinel and Microsoft Defender, to help customers create an
end-to-end experience across their entire security
program.
Availability
Microsoft Security Copilot is currently available through
private preview. More information can be found at
https://news.microsoft.com/AI-Security-2023.
Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT" @microsoft) enables digital
transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an
intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every
organization on the planet to achieve more.
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