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7 days ago
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Microsoft's latest move should mean fewer security fires to put out
AI is getting everywhere these days and Microsoft is making sure IT admins don't get left out. In a recent blog post, the company revealed it is bringing Security Copilot into Microsoft Intune and Microsoft Entra – two tools that are kind of a big deal for managing large-scale devices and user access in organizations. The goal? To make IT teams way more efficient and let AI take over the boring (and often complicated) parts of device and identity management. Copilot in Intune: Less clicking, more fixing Microsoft offers a new way to explore your Intune data with Copilot assistance across workloads.| Image credit – Microsoft With Security Copilot in Intune, admins can skip the usual digging through menus and dashboards. Instead, they can ask natural-language questions like "What's the security posture of our devices?" or "Show me noncompliant devices running outdated firmware," and get an actual answer – fast. It's kind of like ChatGPT for IT issues, except with all the data from your own company's device management platform baked in. It's not just about answering questions, either. Copilot can also guide admins through fixing the problems it finds – helping with step-by-step instructions, offering summaries of risky configurations and even recommending the best settings to apply across a fleet of company devices. And yes, it understands context, so you're not starting from scratch every time you ask something. Copilot in Entra: Making sense of identity chaos Now let's talk about Entra – Microsoft's identity and access management platform. Here, Copilot is stepping in to help admins make sense of what is usually a chaotic pile of sign-in logs, app permissions and risky behaviors. Normally, investigating identity issues the "old-school" way means sifting through endless dashboards, alerts, and logs – and by the time you figure out what went wrong, the damage might already be done. That's a problem when we are talking about over 600 million identity-based attacks happening every single day. Manual, slow investigations just don't cut it anymore – they give attackers too much time to exploit weak spots. Copilot changes that by helping admins ask smarter questions and get faster answers. You can say things like "Who has access to this app?" or "Why did this sign-in get flagged?" and Copilot will walk you through what it knows – complete with suggested actions, security context and even help cleaning up old or risky permissions. It's also useful for reviewing and tightening policies, something that too often gets ignored until something breaks. Microsoft claims Copilot brings all that info to the surface and keeps things from slipping through the cracks. Entra also gets a new AI agent built for conditional access cleanup. At Microsoft Secure 2025, the company announced a bold new step in its AI-first vision: 11 new Security Copilot agents that integrate directly into Microsoft Security and partner tools. These agents are designed to run high-volume, high-value tasks on autopilot, adapting to unique environments and learning from feedback. Now, the Conditional Access Optimization Agent is generally available in Microsoft Entra. Think of it as an AI assistant that lives inside your identity workflows. Instead of just waiting for someone to run an audit, this agent keeps watch 24/7, spotting policy gaps, overlaps, or old rules, and instantly suggesting one-click fixes. – Julian Rasmussen, Senior consultant and Partner, Point Taken, Microsoft MVP, July 2025 So yeah, as mentioned earlier, Security Copilot in Microsoft Intune and Entra is now officially out of preview and available for everyone. And while Microsoft just dropped Copilot into both tools – letting IT admins chat their way through device and identity headaches – the whole "AI makes your job easier" promise still has to prove it won't break more than it fixes. Secure your connection now at a bargain price! We may earn a commission if you make a purchase Check Out The Offer
Business Wire
04-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
RSA Announces New Windows Desktop Login and Entra ID Passwordless Solutions
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RSA, the security-first identity leader, announced new innovations that expand RSA's complete passwordless solutions, including support for Microsoft Entra ID-joined desktops and legacy, RADIUS-based environments at Identiverse today. These innovations help organizations accelerate deployment of phishing-resistant passwordless solutions across their entire environment, reducing risks, modernizing authentication, and driving efficiency. 'Not all passwordless is created equal: government agencies, finance, energy and healthcare providers, and other security-first organizations need a passwordless solution for all users, environments, and devices,' said RSA CEO Rohit Ghai. Share Available as part of RSA ® ID Plus, the only complete passwordless identity security platform, new passwordless features include: Passwordless support for Windows Desktop Login and Entra ID: ID Plus now supports mobile passkeys and QR codes to complete Windows log-in. ID Plus will add Entra ID support in July. One-step enrollment process: Starting in July, users will be able to enroll new RSA mobile passkeys and other RSA MFA methods via a one-step enrollment process that eliminates delays and reduces help desk support costs. Code matching for RADIUS: Organizations operating in RADIUS environments can now deploy code matching to reduce the risk of prompt bombing and ensure legacy architecture stays operational. These new passwordless enhancements are fortified by deep security innovations that extend organizations' defenses and protect against post-passwordless threats. The newly-announced RSA Help Desk Live Verify (patent pending), only available through ID Plus, uses passwordless bi-directional identity verification to stop help desk scams like the recent attacks on Marks & Spencer, Christian Dior, Co-Op, and MGM Resorts. RSA Mobile Lock secures the authentication process itself by scanning devices for app tampering, malware, sideloading, jailbreaking, and AiTM attacks. 'Not all passwordless is created equal: government agencies, finance, energy and healthcare providers, and other security-first organizations need a passwordless solution for all users, environments, and devices,' said RSA CEO Rohit Ghai. 'Moreover, to defend against emerging threats, organizations must integrate passwordless into an identity security platform that provides full visibility into user access while constantly assessing identity security posture. Cyberattacks start wherever organizations' security capabilities end, which is why high-security organizations rely on RSA for a complete identity security platform that stops phishing, malware help desk scams, ransomware, and other attacks before they start.' Identiverse attendees are invited to demo these new solutions at booth #342. About RSA RSA provides mission-critical cybersecurity solutions that protect the world's most security-sensitive organizations. The RSA Unified Identity Platform provides true passwordless identity security, risk-based access, automated identity intelligence, and comprehensive identity governance across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments. More than 9,000 high-security organizations trust RSA to manage more than 60 million identities, detect threats, secure access, and enable compliance. For additional information, visit our website to contact sales, find a partner, or learn more about RSA.
Phone Arena
30-05-2025
- Business
- Phone Arena
Microsoft is done being subtle – this new tool screams "upgrade now"
– Microsoft, May 2025 sign up for the public preview To use the tool, systems need to be Microsoft Entra joined (Windows 10 or 11). Also, organizations interested in trying it need toand have an active Microsoft Intune test tenant plus Intune service administrator the October end-of-support deadline looming, I think Microsoft clearly hopes this new tool helps ease the transition for businesses. But even with these improvements, it is unclear if that will be enough. As of April 2025, Windows 10 still holds a 52.9% share, while Windows 11 trails behind at 43.7%, even though the gap has been narrowing.
Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Abundant Health Acquisition and Praia Health partner for digital care
Abundant Health Acquisition (aha!) and Praia Health have formed a strategic partnership focusing on healthcare organisations' engagement with consumers digitally, from initial discovery through to extended retention. The partnership combines aha!'s Health Experience Platform (HXP), which facilitates engagement and acquisition on public-facing websites via open scheduling, intelligent provider search, and tailored content, with Praia Health's platform, which strengthens identity-powered experiences on mobile apps and web portals. aha! and Praia Health aim to deliver a solution to healthcare systems that is integrated and scalable. This is expected to minimise fragmentation and combines digital touchpoints into a cohesive experience. The partnership also promises to remove friction and create a cohesive journey for healthcare consumers. aha! CEO Paul Dain said: 'This partnership is about delivering the connected, intelligent experience that healthcare consumers expect, and health systems need to remain competitive. 'Together, we're bringing cohesion to a historically fragmented journey.' The market will benefit from this partnership through a unified system that covers digital access, marketing, and care navigation. The solution is designed to integrate into existing infrastructure, such as Sitecore, electronic medical records (EMRs), and Microsoft Entra, and has already been deployed with health systems to manage patient interactions. The partnership will concentrate on aligning go-to-market efforts, jointly developing solutions, and working together on deployments with health systems. These efforts are focused on modernising digital access, enhancing conversion rates, and driving extended engagement. Praia Health CEO Justin Dearborn said: 'By combining Praia's personalisation engine with aha!'s front-door capabilities, we're giving health systems the power to anticipate and orchestrate each consumer's path to care on their terms.' Earlier this year, US-based care access platform Kyruus Health collaborated with aha! to merge their technologies to enhance patient access and engagement. "Abundant Health Acquisition and Praia Health partner for digital care" was originally created and published by Hospital Management, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Microsoft Launches New AI Security Agents Amid Surge in Cyberthreats
Microsoft (MSFT, Financials) is expanding its cybersecurity offerings with new artificial intelligence-powered tools to address a sharp rise in digital threats and the challenges of securing generative AI. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 1 Warning Sign with MSFT. The company said on Monday that it will be releasing 11 new Security Copilot agents in April. These agents will help automate a lot of security jobs, such as finding phishing attempts, stopping data loss, managing vulnerabilities, and controlling who can access your says there have been a lot more hacks lately. Every day, its systems look at 84 trillion security signs and stop over 30 billion fake emails until 2024. The company says that these levels of traffic are too much for security teams that use human methods for finding and sorting took six months of work to make six of the agents. They include tools for phishing review, insider risk management, identity access policy enforcement, vulnerability repair, threat intelligence gathering, and more. The tools are made to work with all of Microsoft's systems, including Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Purview, and Microsoft Entra. This will help security teams respond faster, respond to risks in real time, and improve operations while keeping is also delivering five more agents with the help of partners such as OneTrust, Aviatrix, BlueVoyant, Tanium, and Fletch. These solutions will help businesses handle data breaches, keep an eye on network problems, evaluate security operations, put danger alerts in context, and decide which big cyber risks need the most said it will roll out controls to find and stop illegal access to shadow AI apps, which are unapproved creative AI tools that are used without IT oversight. This comes as worries about these apps grow. Some of these are a new AI web category screen and rules built into Microsoft Edge for businesses to stop data loss. These features are meant to keep private data from being entered into apps like Google Gemini, ChatGPT, Copilot Chat, and company is also adding more cloud providers and AI models to its AI security posture management. Microsoft Defender will protect Google Vertex AI, Meta Llama, Mistral, and other models in the Azure AI Foundry starting in May 2025. The Open Worldwide Application Security Project lists threats like indirect prompt injection attacks, private data leaks, and token abuse. More tools will be made available to find these said that starting in April 2025, one of its new features will be hacking defense in Microsoft Teams. Defender for Office 365 will also offer real-time link destruction and warning improvements are part of the company's larger effort to help secure AI change as more businesses use creative tools. Microsoft pointed to its own study that showed 57% of companies have had more security problems since using AI, while 60% have not yet put controls in place. This article first appeared on GuruFocus.
