How Copilot Agents can help your organisation's cybersecurity

Microsoft’s Security Copilot Agents aim to automate routine tasks, allowing them to focus on more complex threats and proactive security tasks, allowing them to focus on more complex threats and practical security measures. These agents have the potential to change and massively improve the ability to combat cyberattacks.

Expanding on Copilot, agents use agentic AI, and Microsoft has developed six security agents to integrate seamlessly with the company’s security solutions, operating within the framework of Microsoft’s Zero Trust Model. These agents evolve through feedback, integrate seamlessly into workflows, and strengthen security by speeding up responses and prioritising threats.

1. Phishing Triage Agent – Microsoft Defender: This agent plays a vital role in managing phishing alerts by accurately distinguishing genuine threats from false positives. It offers transparent reasoning behind its decisions and continuously improves detection precision through administrator feedback. With Microsoft identifying over 30 billion phishing emails in 2024, this agent significantly eases the burden on security teams, enabling them to concentrate on more advanced threats.
2. Alert Triage Agents – Microsoft Purview: Focused on data loss prevention and insider risk alerts, these agents ensure that high-priority incidents are addressed swiftly. Like the phishing triage agent, they refine their accuracy over time by learning from administrator input.
3. Conditional Access Optimisation Agent – Microsoft Entra: This agent scans for new users or applications that fall outside existing access policies, highlighting areas that need updates to eliminate security gaps. It provides actionable recommendations that can be implemented with a single click, streamlining identity and access management.
4. Vulnerability Remediation Agent – Microsoft Intune: Designed to prioritise vulnerabilities and remediation tasks, this agent tackles issues related to app and policy configurations. It accelerates the deployment of Windows OS patches with administrator approval, ensuring timely protection against known threats.
5. Threat Intelligence Briefing Agent – Security Copilot: This agent automatically compiles relevant, up-to-date threat intelligence tailored to an organisation’s specific environment and risk profile. It empowers security teams to stay ahead of emerging threats and adjust their defences proactively.
   
   

Beyond Microsoft’s own agents, five partners have added powerful capabilities to the Security Copilot platform:

1. Privacy Breach Response Agent – OneTrust: Helps teams quickly understand the impact of data breaches and guides them through meeting regulatory requirements, cutting down the time it takes to respond to privacy incidents.
2. Network Supervisor Agent – Aviatrix: Diagnoses the root causes of network problems—such as VPN or gateway outages—and summarises the issue clearly so teams can resolve it more quickly.
3. SecOps Tooling Agent – BlueVoyant: Reviews how security operations are set up and offers practical suggestions to make them more efficient and better aligned with compliance needs.
4. Alert Triage Agent – Tanium: Gives security analysts the context they need to make fast, confident decisions on alerts, helping teams respond to incidents more effectively.
5. Task Optimiser Agent – Fletch:

   How Copilot Agents can help your organisation's cybersecurity

   Predicts which cyber threats need attention first, helping reduce alert fatigue and making security teams more focused and productive.

As cyber threats continue to grow in scale and complexity, organisations need smarter, faster ways to stay protected. Microsoft’s Security Copilot Agents offer a powerful way to automate routine tasks, reduce alert fatigue, and sharpen incident response. By learning from feedback and working seamlessly within existing workflows, these agents help security teams focus on what matters most: staying ahead of threats and safeguarding the business.

Whether you're looking to streamline phishing detection, optimise access policies, or stay informed about emerging risks, Copilot Agents are poised to become an essential part of modern cybersecurity strategy.

At Fitzrovia IT, we specialise in keeping your business secure through expert incident response management and robust security architecture. Our consultancy services cover governance and compliance, device management, and penetration testing. Most importantly, we help you implement Copilot cybersecurity agents to strengthen your defences and streamline your security operations.

Get in touch here to discover how we can support your organisation’s cybersecurity strategy. And if you're interested in learning more about the new Copilot Agents, please read our latest whitepaper.