Cyberattacks are a serious threat to businesses and individuals alike, as they can cause significant damage to data, systems, and reputations. In this post, we will explore how Microsoft Security Copilot, a generative AI-powered security solution, can help prevent and defend against cyberattacks. Additionally, we’ll provide recommendations for both users and companies as to how to best leverage Microsoft Security Copilot to improve overall security posture.
Most Common Cyberattacks in Companies
Among the many types of cyberattacks – phishing, spoofing, identity-based attacks, code injection attacks, or supply chain attacks – according to a survey by Statista, the most common types of cyberattacks experienced by companies in the United States in 2022 were network intrusion (45%), business email compromise (30%), and ransomware (25%). These attacks can have various impacts, such as data theft, financial loss, operational disruption, and reputational damage.
Network intrusion is a cyberattack that involves unauthorized access to a network or system, usually by exploiting a vulnerability or bypassing security measures. Network intruders can then perform malicious activities, such as stealing data, installing malware, or launching further attacks.
Business email compromise (BEC) is a cyberattack that involves impersonating a legitimate person or organization, such as a senior executive, a vendor, or a customer, and sending fraudulent emails to trick recipients into transferring money, disclosing sensitive information, or clicking on malicious links or attachments.
Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts the victim’s data and demands a ransom for the decryption key. Ransomware attacks are usually delivered through phishing emails, malicious websites, or unpatched vulnerabilities. Ransomware can cause severe consequences, such as data loss, downtime, and extortion.
How Microsoft Security Copilot Prevents, Defends Against Cyberattacks
In addition to helping users generate content, obtaining responses from different sources by using plain language, helping automate tasks, and helping developers and engineers create and review code, Microsoft Copilot is also a great cybersecurity companion for businesses and users.
Microsoft Security Copilot, which is part of Microsoft Copilot but focused on security operations and threat intelligence, leverages Microsoft’s security expertise and global threat intelligence to help security teams outpace their adversaries.
After some research, Security Copilot might cost $30 per user per month, in addition of an eligible license such as Microsoft 365 E3 or E5.
Security Copilot is trained using LLM fine-tuned with security-specific data and capabilities from Microsoft. In addition, it has the ability to learn from users behavior patterns in order to prevent cyberattacks. Some of the functionalities of Security Copilot can be:
- Writing complex queries based on natural language questions and summarizing security incidents, saving up to 40% of time on core security operations tasks.
- Providing actionable recommendations and context for security analysts to respond to incidents in minutes instead of hours or days.
- Catching what others miss by summarizing vast data signals into key insights, detecting cyberthreats before they cause harm, and reinforcing the security posture.
- Integrating with Microsoft’s end-to-end security solutions, such as Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Entra, Microsoft Purview, and Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management, to provide a unified and comprehensive security experience.
- Leveraging Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence, which is included at no cost with Security Copilot, to access, operate on, and integrate Microsoft’s finished threat intelligence, delivering a greater depth of insight to security teams.
Conclusion
Cyberattacks pose a real threat to organizations and users which requires a paradigm shift in the security industry’s approach. Microsoft Security Copilot is a generative AI-powered security solution that can help prevent and defend against cyberattacks by empowering security teams with guidance, insights, and recommendations.
Users and companies can leverage Security Copilot to improve their cybersecurity. A solid recommendation is to sign up for the Early Access Program, learn more about the product and its integrations, ask questions in natural language, and follow the best practices and guidance.
Microsoft Security Copilot is a revolutionary tool that can help protect organizations at machine speed and scale while remaining compliant with responsible AI principles. As data continues to rise, so do cyberattacks. In the same way we leverage technology to process and analyze data, we can do the same to protect against cyberattacks.
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