On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it will launch Security Copilot, an artificial intelligence-powered security analysis assistant that is said to help cybersecurity teams quickly respond to threats, assess and report security risks.
According to Microsoft's official website, its newly launched Security Copilot combines OpenAI's GPT-4 artificial intelligence with its own security-specific models, and also integrates insights and data from various products such as Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender, and Microsoft Intune. It can help security teams better understand their environments, determine if they are vulnerable to known vulnerabilities and attacks, identify ongoing attacks and their scale, receive corrective instructions, summarize incidents, and more.
For example, through a ChatGPT-like interface, users can ask Security Copilot about suspicious user logins during a specific time period, and even order it to create a slideshow outlining the incident and its attack chain. At the same time, it also supports accepting files, URLs and code snippets for analysis.
Microsoft also demonstrated the following features of Security Copilot on its official website:
Incident Response: Identify ongoing attacks, assess their scale, and get instructions to begin remediation based on proven strategies from real-world security cases.
Threat Hunting: Find out if an organization is vulnerable to known vulnerabilities and exploits. Examine the environment one asset at a time for evidence of violations.
Security Reporting: Summarize any incident, incident or threat in minutes and prepare the information for the desired audience in a ready-to-share, customizable report.
“When it comes to security, every second counts. With Security Copilot, defenders can respond to security incidents in minutes instead of hours or days,” said Vasu Jakkal, vice president of security at Microsoft.
Over the past few months, Microsoft has been embedding artificial intelligence in its products such as Bing, Edge browser, GitHub, LinkedIn and Skype. Just a few weeks ago, the tech giant launched Microsoft 365 Copilot, which integrates artificial intelligence into its various enterprise productivity tools, such as Office, Outlook and Teams.