Copilot for Security: Microsoft’s new cybersecurity innovation

The new tool is timely. As the world becomes increasingly reliant on digital technologies, cybersecurity has never been more important. In 2023 alone, over 343 million people around the world were affected by data breaches, a 72% increase since 2021.

Microsoft Copilot for Security was launched on April 1. This widens the scope of Microsoft’s generative AI chat assistant to the cybersecurity sector, making it the industry’s first generative AI support for IT and security professionals.

Copilot for Security is available in two guises: as a standalone application or embedded into a company’s current security tools. Via a chat box, it allows cybersecurity professionals to get the latest summaries of security threats, analysis of network and data vulnerabilities, as well as the ability to collaborate with colleagues via a pinboard. Copilot for Security is powered by large-scale data intelligence, which includes more than 78 trillion security signals processed by Microsoft on a daily basis.

What else does Copilot for Security offer?

Multilingual support
Copilot for Security can respond to prompts in eight languages, including a multilingual interface for 25 different languages, covering North and South America, Europe, and Asia.

Custom promptbooks
This lets users create and save their own natural language prompts for common security tasks and workflows.

Third-party integrations
Copilot for Security has a global ecosystem of over 100 partners, comprising security service providers and independent software vendors, who are actively creating Microsoft integrations.

Usage reporting
This offers analysis of how a company’s teams use Copilot for Security, allowing them to identify further ways to optimize the AI tool.

End-to-end security protection
Copilot for Security amplifies the current suite of Microsoft Security services, integrating six product families to create one end-to-end solution.

A randomized controlled trial of Copilot for Security resulted in multiple gains for both experienced and novice security professionals alike. The trial’s key highlights included:

– Experienced security professionals were 22% faster in their tasks using Copilot.
– Novice security analysts were 44% more accurate in their tasks using Copilot.
– 97% of users reported that they would like to use Copilot again.

To make Copilot for Security as accessible as possible, it has been launched with pay-as-you-go pricing at $4 per hour.

If you would like help with the implementation of Copilot for Security, or any of your Microsoft needs, feel free to schedule a chat with Crush Networks today.