Microsoft will reportedly launch its latest AI-powered cybersecurity tool, Copilot for Security, on April 1st. It's been about a year since the tech giant carefully tested cybersecurity-related alerts, summaries, and cybersecurity tools that help enhance and automate various features. Perform IT tasks in seconds.
Security Copilot is a component of Microsoft's continued effort to persuade enterprise customers to subscribe by integrating partner OpenAI's artificial intelligence capabilities into the company's core product lines.
Microsoft is introducing new AI tools to security solutions powered by generative AI that enhance the effectiveness and capabilities of defenders and improve security outcomes at the speed and scale of machines, while adhering to the principles of responsible AI. It is explained that.
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Security professionals can benefit from Security Copilot's natural language and helpful co-pilot experience for end-to-end scenarios such as incident response, threat hunting, intelligence gathering, and posture management. Similar to the company's Azure cloud service, users will pay based on their usage of Security Copilot.
The new AI tool reportedly leverages OpenAI's models and utilizes security-specific plugins such as organization-specific information, trusted sources, and threat data from around the world to refine user queries. generate a response to. By employing plugins as data point sources, security professionals can extend the functionality of their solutions, capture more information, and gain greater visibility into risks.
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Battle-tested cybersecurity AI
Microsoft is said to be thoroughly testing the security of Copilot by conducting trials with enterprise customers. Andrew Conway, Microsoft's vice president of security marketing, claims that hundreds of partners and clients are actively working as testers. Conway added that the software company is taking extra precautions with his Copilot because of the importance of computer security and its risks.
According to Microsoft, generative AI has only recently been applied to cybersecurity, and Microsoft Security Copilot is one of the pioneers in this regard.
According to the report, AI-powered cybersecurity tools can combine data to provide actionable recommendations and insights, create reports and presentations that are easy for analysts to understand and share, and respond to inquiries about incidents and vulnerabilities. A user's natural language or graphical response to.
Hackers powered by AI
While AI has the potential to enhance cybersecurity, it has long been proven that it also gives hackers undesirable advantages. Tech Radar reports that replicas of ChatGPT have been posted on the dark web, enabling new and highly dangerous AI-driven attacks.
Reports show that attacks are being launched at speeds of seconds and minutes, rather than days and weeks, which is much faster than humans can perceive and react. According to the SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit, the report claims that the fraudster is distributing the ransomware within a day of first accessing the company. In 2023, this period was significantly reduced from 4.5 days in 2022 and 5.5 days the previous year.
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