New Microsoft product uses cybersecurity AI to help companies track hackers
- Copilot for Security is designed to write summaries of suspected cyberattacks and answer questions in plain English
- Microsoft says security workers using the new tool perform 26 per cent faster and with 35 per cent more accuracy
Microsoft plans to release artificial intelligence (AI) tools on April 1 that will help cybersecurity workers produce summaries of suspicious incidents and ferret out the devious methods hackers use to obscure their intentions.
Microsoft unveiled its Copilot for Security about a year ago and has been testing it with corporate customers ever since. Testers include BP and Dow Chemical, and now number “hundreds of partners and customers,” according to Andrew Conway, Microsoft’s vice-president of security marketing.
Customers will pay a fee based on usage, much as they do with the company’s Azure cloud services.
Copilot for Security is part of Microsoft’s ongoing effort to infuse its major product lines with AI tools from partner OpenAI and persuade corporate customers to buy subscriptions.
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While AI can help generate content and synthesise corporate data, it also makes errors that can be costly or embarrassing. Because computer security is so critical and the risks so high, Conway said the software giant has taken extra care with this Copilot.
