Microsoft Security Copilot
Generative AI assistant for security analysts
Security Copilot aims to relieve the pressure on overstretched security operations teams. An analyst can ask in plain language what happened in an incident, and Copilot gathers signals from Microsoft’s security products, summarizes the attack path, explains the alerts, and suggests next steps. It can write queries in languages like KQL, analyze suspicious scripts and files, and produce incident reports, saving time on routine tasks.
The product has moved toward agents. Purpose-built agents handle jobs such as triaging phishing alerts, assessing vulnerabilities, and prioritizing conditions that need attention, working with human oversight. It is embedded in the portals analysts already use, and plugins connect to non-Microsoft tools, so it can use data from other systems. Controls govern what it can access and do.
Security Copilot is paid, using a consumption-based unit model, with details that Microsoft has adjusted over time, and some capabilities are bundled into higher security licenses. It’s most useful to organizations already invested in Microsoft’s security stack. AI-generated analysis can be wrong and should be verified before taking action. Competitors include Google’s Gemini in Security, CrowdStrike Charlotte AI, SentinelOne Purple AI, Palo Alto Cortex, and Splunk’s AI tools.