With two separate initiatives, Microsoft is bolstering its Defender platform with agentic AI to help security and ops teams combat two high-volume threats that can overwhelm humans.
Cybersecurity
Microsoft pledges billions in investment to support AI education and research to drive skills, readiness, and global reach with the rapidly advancing technology.
Latest wave of AI-powered security features bring Copilot functionality directly into Intune and Entra, while new tools and agents optimize access and capacity controls.
IBM’s new lab in NYC focuses on responsible AI, cybersecurity, and supply chain solutions.
Security software leader weighs in on agent security considerations, his firm’s partnership with Microsoft for Copilot Studio, and security of emerging agent-to-agent communication protocols MCP and A2A.
Security executive Krista Arndt explains how Security Copilot, agents improve response time to security incidents, accelerate training of new security professionals.
Data from security firm Harmonic finds the typical organization has hundreds of AI apps in use, many of them unmanaged, while a majority of firms lack adequate governance strategies.
Microsoft moves forward with the rollout of its GenAI-powered screen capture tool, Recall, addressing security issues ahead of general availability.




