Cybersecurity professionals are walking on thin ice
We are living in a time when incidents of cybersecurity attacks are making the front-page news headlines. No business, be it small or big, can remain unscathed from security threats. The staggering projected loss of $10.5 trillion dollars in cybercrimes by 2025 not only paints a grim reality of the cybersecurity landscape but also sheds light on an underlying issue: the lack of adaptability. Today, cybercriminals have become agile and smart in adopting the latest technologies to carry out sophisticated attacks. However, can we say the same for all businesses? Not very sure.
Though security leaders are privy to digital innovations, slow or a lack of technological adoption has had them in chips. At a time when Gen AI is making noise in the realm of business transformation, cyber security is not far from behind from experiencing its impact. Recently, Microsoft launched their security Gen AI tool, Microsoft Copilot for Security, that has become the talk of the town. Now, it’s up to organizations to find ways to make great use of this Gen AI security innovation and deliver business value. This blog will tackle this aspect by diving deep into the intricacies of Microsoft Security Copilot. But it will also address this million-dollar question-
Is Microsoft Copilot worth the hype?
Microsoft Copilot for Security- A Transformative Force in Cybersecurity
Microsoft Copilot for Security is designed as a security generative AI solution that supports security professionals with end-to-end security management including incident response, threat hunting, threat intelligence, and posture management. This tool uses a combination of OpenAI models, LLMs, and Microsoft’s security-specific model. It draws from the 65 trillion daily signals that Microsoft’s global threat intelligence captures to generate responses specific to user’s environment. Helping the security defenders to move at the speed and scale of AI, Copilot for Security can also integrate other Microsoft Security solutions:
- Microsoft Defender XDR
- Microsoft Sentinel
- Microsoft Intune
- Third-party solutions such as ServiceNow
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Exploring Key Use Cases
Running on Azure’s hyperscale infrastructure, Security Copilot provides enterprise-grade security and privacy-compliant experience. Here are the handpicked use cases that can make good use of the copilot solution:
Incident summarization
Security Generative AI can break down complex security alerts into actionable summaries, offering accurate insights into real-time incidents, improving response times, and enabling data-driven decision-making.
Impact analysis
Leverage AI-powered analytics to study the impact of security incidents. Get a holistic view into the affected systems and data to define security responses.
Reverse engineering of scripts
Do you know it approximately takes 2-3 hours to reverse engineer malware manually? With Microsoft Copilot for Security, it's going to take just minutes. Analysts can deduce advanced command line scripts and convert them into natural language with clear, precise, and relevant actionable insights. They can extract and connect security indicators found in the script to respective entities across the environment.
Guided response
Gain actionable guidance for incident response and management including tips, tricks, and techniques for triage, assessment, containment, and remediation.
Compliance Management
Through integration with Microsoft’s solutions, Microsoft Security Copilot offers compliance reports and alerts to help firms comply with the latest laws and regulations.
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How is Microsoft Security Copilot Simplifying Security Management
Microsoft Copilot for Security provides two kinds of user experiences: immersive standalone experience and embedded experiences in Microsoft security solutions. Through the foundation language model and other proprietary Microsoft technologies, the copilot solution enhances the capabilities and competencies of the security defenders.
By integrating with Copilot for Security, plugins can offer visibility into event logs, incidents, and alerts from Microsoft and other third-party solutions. Getting access to threat intelligence and authoritative sources, the copilot offers quick and precise threat detection and response.
Here's a detailed explanation of how Microsoft Copilot for Security works:
- User prompts from different security services are fed into the Copilot solution
- Copilot for Security accesses plugins and uses a method called grounding to preprocess the input prompt. It transfers the refined prompt to the language model
- The Security Copilot collects the response from the language model and post-processes it. This is done through accessing plugins to add more context and relevance.
- The Copilot solution generates a response to the user.
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A 7-Pronged Approach for Deploying Microsoft Security Copilot
Assessment:
Study the security needs of the organization, their development workflows, and vulnerabilities.
Integration Strategy:
Assess how Microsoft Security Copilot can be integrated into the existing development and security pipeline. This includes integration with IDEs (Integrated Development Environments) such as Visual Studio, CI/CD pipelines, and Azure DevOps.
Deployment:
Install and configure Microsoft Security Copilot into the CI/CD pipeline by integrating plugins, establishing permissions, and building scanning policies.
Training:
Equip the security and development teams with the required skills to leverage Microsoft Security Copilot. This involves interpreting scan results, ranking security issues, and embedding security checks with the CI/CD pipelines.
Testing:
Test the integration of the Microsoft Security Copilot by conducting test scans and validating the outcomes.
Rollout:
Roll out Microsoft Security Copilot across all the development projects. Keep assessing its performance and gather feedback from the team.
Continuous Improvement:
Review and upgrade security policies by revamping scanning configurations and training modules to address evolving cybersecurity threats.
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Is Microsoft Security a Hit or a Flop- What Do the Experts Have to Say
97% of security professionals wanted to use Copilot again next time
Microsoft conducted randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to study the efficiency and performance of Copilot for Security with the key focus on speed and quality. Under this experiment, four tasks were performed- Incident Summarization, Incident Response, Script Analysis, and Guided Response and the results were as follows:
- Analysts were 26% faster with all the security tasks
- Security beginners or non-experts were 44% more precise on tasks
- Copilot users were 12% more accurate at the security script analysis tasks
- Copilot users were 34% more accurate in answering questions about security tasks
Microsoft Security Copilot is not just a tool, it's a cybersecurity ally
Security is a team sport. From security engineers, penetration testers, malware analysts to digital forensic examiners, audit and compliance officers, chief information officers- each one has a significant role to play in managing the security posture intelligently and effectively. At a time when cyber criminals are becoming emboldened with their attacks, Microsoft Security Copilot has emerged as a powerful cybersecurity ally to help security teams beat these criminals at their own game.
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We share our competency in building AI infrastructure to support Gen AI capabilities and deploying advanced tools such as AI, machine learning (ML), and deep learning to revamp security processes and posture management. Our comprehensive approach also extends to implementing an end-to-end cybersecurity solution suite along with our pioneering SHOPTM platform, ensuring robust security and threat intelligence.
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