Using OpenAIs latest GPT-4 generative AI model, Microsoft Corp created a tool to assist cybersecurity experts in identifying intrusions and threat signals and better analysing data.The Security Copilot product is a basic prompt box that will assist security experts with exercises such as incident summarisation, vulnerability analysis, and sharing information with peers on a pinboard.A Microsoft-Open AI collaborationThe tool will make use of Microsofts security-specific model, which the company describes as “a developing set of security-specific skills” that is fed over 65 trillion signals every day. The launch comes during a flurry of initiatives by Microsoft to integrate Artificial Intelligence into its most successful products. The corporation has attempted to outperform competitors by making multibillion-dollar investments in ChatGPT, owned by OpenAI, which recently released GPT-4 to execute a variety of tasks ranging from developing a real website from a hand-drawn mock-up to assisting individuals in calculating their taxes.What makes AI-powered cybersecurity assistants better“In security, seconds matter. Defenders can react to security problems in a matter of minutes instead of hours or days, thanks to Security Copilot. In order to speed up an incident investigation and action, Security Copilot provides crucial context and step-by-step instructions through a natural language-based investigative experience, according to Vasu Jakkal, Corporate Vice President, Security, Compliance, Identity, and Management at Microsoft.After a series of product launches from rivals, especially Google, Microsoft announced intentions to make artificial intelligence more accessible to people a few weeks before this new cybersecurity tool release. Microsoft now provides AI-powered technologies in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams as a result of the most recent upgrade.
