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Credit to Author: Vasu Jakkal and Alym Rayani| Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 15:30:00 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cybersecurity is one of the most pressing challenges of our time. With an ever-changing threat landscape and siloed data across multiple security point solutions, defenders have limited visibility. It\u2019s difficult to stay current and find cybersecurity professionals amid the global talent shortage.<\/p>\n

Attacks are quickly becoming more automated through AI-assisted tools. They are also increasing exponentially\u2014the number of password attacks Microsoft detects has more than tripled in the last 12 months, from 1,287 per second to more than 4,000 per second.1<\/sup> Plus, the annual cost of cyberattacks continues to grow. According to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center\u2019s (IC3) latest research, reported total losses grew from USD6.9 billion in 2021 to more than USD10.2 billion in 2022.2<\/sup> Such losses are even greater on a global scale. If organizations continue to operate within a fractured security state and only utilize what\u2019s worked in the past, they will leave gaps in their security posture.<\/p>\n

Now there is a unique opportunity to harness the power of AI in combination with an end-to-end security solution to build a resilient security posture with defenses that rapidly adapt. There has never been a more important time for specialized cybersecurity expertise, and our partners are critical to preparing customers for the era of AI. According to a Forrester Total Economic Impact study, Microsoft Security partners are realizing a significant increase in their business with more than 14 percent year-over-year growth.3<\/sup> In small and medium businesses (SMBs), partners are seeing even more dramatic demand with more than 37 percent market expansion just this last year.<\/p>\n

Today at Microsoft Inspire 2023<\/a>, we will discuss AI-powered security during the \u201cSpringboard customers into the era of AI with end-to-end security\u201d session. Also, you\u2019ll have an opportunity to ask your most pressing questions at the expert Q&A.<\/p>\n

Register for Microsoft Inspire<\/a> to hear more details on our latest exciting announcements listed in this blog.<\/p>\n

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Microsoft Inspire 2023<\/h2>\n
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Elevate your business by joining us for Microsoft Inspire, July 18 and 19, 2023, and learn how to accelerate AI transformation in your security practice.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Coming soon: Microsoft Security Copilot Early Access Program<\/h2>\n

We are extremely encouraged by the excitement and positive feedback we have received from customers and partners since we announced Microsoft Security Copilot<\/a>\u2014one of the first generative AI products in the security industry\u2014in March 2023. This fall, we will open our Early Access Program and invite more customers and partners to experience Security Copilot. To help us focus our learning, customers who use Microsoft Defender for Endpoint<\/a> will be prioritized for early access. Those who also use Microsoft Sentinel will get even more benefit from the program. Security Copilot is designed to work with a broad range of Microsoft and third-party tools, and we will expand the program as we learn.<\/p>\n

Our preview is well underway, and the feedback from our preview customers shows that there\u2019s every reason to be excited about the massive potential of this technology to help protect at machine speed and scale:<\/p>\n

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\u201cMicrosoft is spearheading a transformative shift in security operations center (SOC) processes and operations at a truly remarkable speed. By fully integrating these cutting-edge AI technologies, they are pioneering a leap so momentous that by December 2024, SOC operations from 2021 may seem prehistoric in comparison. The surge in productivity could be unparalleled. At Bridgewater, we are thrilled to be helping Microsoft on this voyage, collaboratively propelling Security Copilot’s full potential to the forefront of the industry.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014Igor Tsyganskiy, President, Bridgewater<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

New: Security Copilot design advisory council<\/h2>\n

Today, we are officially kicking off our partner engagement to help you build your own solutions and services powered by Security Copilot. If you are a Microsoft partner, you can start today by helping customers deploy Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft Sentinel so that they are prepared to adopt Microsoft Security Copilot. We are excited to join forces with our partners, including members of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association<\/a>. Here\u2019s what a couple of our partners have shared already:<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen it comes to cybersecurity, threat actors are increasingly using AI to carry out sophisticated attacks, so why aren\u2019t defenders? We are operating in an era where fighting AI with AI is non-negotiable. By partnering with Microsoft Security Copilot, we can help level the playing field for defenders together. Much of the AI universe sits behind Cloudflare, and acting as the intermediary to allow businesses to harness the power of this technology in a safe way is critical.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014Matthew Prince, Chief Executive Officer, Cloudflare<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cWe believe that generative AI will be truly revolutionary and will allow us to become more effective and efficient, by orders of magnitude, in protecting our customers. We expect to see productivity increases from our SOC analysts using Security Copilot when dealing with scenarios like incident response and threat hunting and believe there is potential for upskilling effects, allowing any analyst to complete more advanced tasks quicker than ever before. We are proud to be on this journey with Microsoft and remain excited as they continue to add more compelling capabilities to Security Copilot.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014Brian Beyer, Chief Executive Officer, Red Canary<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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“Building on our recent investment to expand and scale our AI offerings, we’re excited to team with Microsoft on bringing Security Copilot to our joint customers, augmenting their ability to predict\u2014prevent\u2014and rapidly respond to security threats. This will help empower all of our customers and provide new opportunities leveraging the responsible use of generative AI.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014Sean Joyce, Global Cybersecurity and Privacy Leader, PwC<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If you are interested in learning how to engage with your customers now to take full advantage of these new AI technologies, we invite you to sign up to receive communications and to be considered for our new Security Copilot design advisory council<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Investments in the managed security service provider community<\/h2>\n

According to Gartner\u00ae, \u201cby 2025, 60 percent of organizations will be actively using remote threat disruption and containment capabilities delivered directly by MDR providers, up from 30 percent today.\u201d4<\/sup> <\/p>\n

To help meet the anticipated demand for these services, we are actively working to recruit more Managed Extended Detection and Response (MXDR) partners alongside our first-party offering. Microsoft is deeply committed to our partner community, and partners will always be the primary path for customers to get the services they need. We are increasing our overall investments for security partners by nearly 50 percent this coming year. A great example of this continued investment is the Microsoft engineering verified MXDR solution status that we launched for partners last year.<\/p>\n

Making it easier to better protect small and medium businesses<\/h2>\n

Small and medium businesses are seeing more cyberattacks, with 82 percent of ransomware attacks targeting small businesses.5<\/sup> Due to a lack of internal security specialists, these businesses often look to IT partners to help secure their IT environments.<\/p>\n

We are making it easier for partners to deliver security services to their customers:<\/p>\n