Introducing Microsoft Copilot for Security, a revolutionary tool designed to enhance your security operations through the power of AI artificial intelligence.
Workflow and Capabilities of Copilot for Security
Copilot for Security provides an integrated workflow to manage and analyse security incidents, vulnerabilities, suspicious codes and threats. By creating effective prompts and utilising prompt books, you can query data and respond quickly to security events.
What You Should Know
Before diving into the functionalities of Microsoft Copilot for Security, it's essential to have a working knowledge of security operations and a fundamental understanding of generative AI applications, such as ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot.
1. Microsoft Copilot for Security Fundamentals
What is Microsoft Copilot for Security?
Microsoft Copilot for Security is a virtual assistant powered by AI, specifically designed for security analysis. It addresses the challenges of:
- Numerous security threats and hacking techniques
- High volume of alerts
- Manual tasks in analysing, mitigating and reporting incidents
- Limited skills across multiple knowledge domains
- Shortage of experienced security analysts
- Insufficient time for incident response
By integrating AI with Open AI Copilot, users can leverage Windows, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, Power Platform, GitHub and Security. There are two ways to use Microsoft Copilot for Security:
- Standalone Portal: Access via securitycopilot.microsoft.com
- Embedded Solutions: Integrated within Microsoft Security solutions like Microsoft Defender, Intune, Entra and Purview.
Use Cases
Copilot for Security can be utilized to:
- Summarise security incidents
- Investigate and respond to incidents
- Write security reports
- Analyse vulnerability impacts
- Examine suspicious codes
- Generate scripts for threat hunting
The Workflow of Microsoft Copilot for Security
Microsoft Copilot for Security operates with three main components: orchestrator, interaction through user interfaces, plugins and AI services. The user workflow follows these steps:
- User interfaces (prompt) → Plugin (pre-processing grounding) → Modified prompt → AI service (LLM response) → Post-processing grounding → Response command to user interface
- All activities are managed within the Microsoft security trust boundary.
Get Started with Microsoft Copilot for Security
Access the Copilot portal via securitycopilot.microsoft.com using a work account. Utilize prompt books and system capabilities to create effective prompts, such as summarising cyber threats within the last seven days. Expand steps to see how results were generated and report actions afterward.
Manage sources by connecting plugins from Microsoft (Defender, XDR, Entra, Intune, Sentinel) and third-party services like ServiceNow and Splunk. You can also upload files to add to your security knowledge base.
Create Effective Prompts
Effective prompts are instructions sent to generative AI. For example, instead of "List all incidents," you could ask, "Can you find the incidents within the last 60 days for my status update with managers?" Then, format the output as a table with titles, severity, status and owner. Include who, what, why, how and where for more precise results.
2. Microsoft Copilot for Security in Action
Handle Incidents with Microsoft Copilot for Security
In a Security Operations Centre (SOC), handle incidents using Microsoft Copilot for Security integrated with XDR (Microsoft Defender), SIEM (Microsoft Sentinel) and TI (Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence). The workflow includes triage, investigation, response and reporting.
Use Microsoft Copilot for Security in Microsoft Defender
Copilot for Security embedded in Microsoft Defender automatically creates incident summaries and recommends investigation actions. Generate incident reports and continue work in the standalone portal if needed.
Analyse Vulnerabilities with Microsoft Copilot for Security
Use CVE sources (cve.org managed by MITRE), threat intelligence products and feeds to analyse vulnerabilities. Enter prompts like "Summarise vulnerability CVE-2020-xyza," "List key points and impacted technologies" and "Suggest actions for prevention and remediation."
Analyse Suspicious Code with Microsoft Copilot for Security
Address suspicious codes from Microsoft Defender alerts. Use Copilot to explain, investigate, recommend actions and report on scripts. Upload scripts to securitycopilot.microsoft.com for detailed analysis.
Hunt Threats with Microsoft Copilot for Security
Adopt a proactive approach to threat hunting using Microsoft Defender and Sentinel. Create KQL queries for advanced hunting, like "Find devices with software linked to high-severity CVEs" and take appropriate actions based on the results.
Create Your Promptbooks
Promptbooks are collections of prompts that run in sequence to complete tasks. Use Microsoft Copilot for Security's promptbook library to create custom promptbooks for specific tasks, like vulnerability analysis. Filter promptbooks and run them as needed.
Query Uploaded Files
Enhance your security knowledge base by uploading files using the Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) approach. Query the uploaded files to extract detailed technical information about incidents.
Conclusion
Microsoft Copilot for Security integrates user interfaces, plugins, and AI services to streamline security operations. By creating effective prompts and utilising system capabilities and promptbooks, you can manage incidents, analyse vulnerabilities, investigate codes and hunt threats effectively.
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Notes about Copilot
For hands-on exercises with Microsoft Copilot for Security and exploring use cases of Microsoft Copilot for Security visit https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/security-copilot-exercises/
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