Microsoft Copilot for Security is an AI-powered tool designed to boost the efficiency of security professionals in areas like incident response and threat detection. It provides both a standalone experience and integrates seamlessly with Microsoft products like Defender XDR, Sentinel, and Intune.
Use cases for security teams
- Incident Summarization: Converts complex security alerts into concise, actionable summaries for quicker decision-making.
- Impact Analysis: Assesses the potential impact of incidents, highlighting affected systems to prioritize responses.
- Reverse Engineering of Scripts: Translates complex scripts into natural language, helping analysts understand attacker actions and link indicators to entities.
- Guided Response: Provides step-by-step instructions for incident handling, including triage, investigation, containment, and remediation, with links to recommended actions.
How it works
- Standalone and Embedded Experiences: Accessible as a standalone tool or embedded within Microsoft products like Defender XDR and Sentinel.
- Integration with Plugins: Uses Microsoft and third-party plugins (e.g., ServiceNow) to gather context from event logs, alerts, and policies.
- Preprocessing with Grounding: Enhances user prompts for greater specificity by preprocessing with plugins.
- Post-Processing with Context: Refines AI responses by adding contextual information from organizational data.
- Iterative Processing: Continuously processes and integrates services to provide relevant, actionable results tailored to the organization’s environment.
August 2024 Feature
- Copilot Integration in Device Query: Enables natural language queries in Microsoft Intune to generate KQL queries for device insights.