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AI agents work together to complete tasks. For instance, imagine a kitchen. In a home kitchen, we do everything ourselves, come up with the menu, get the ingredients, peel, chop, sauté, and plate — but in restaurants, everyone has different jobs. Agentic AI brings that restaurant-level skill to organize and optimize to you in your kitchen. In the case of cybersecurity, agents can provide the necessary backup for what you can’t get to in a day in the SOC.

While various AI and machine learning automated workflows offer a great deal of insights into complex prediction and computation problems, recent advances in generative AI provide excellent summarization and content generation capabilities for a broad range of use cases. This means that search results are more comprehensive and accurate, often tailored to end-user needs. However, one remaining opportunity is to get the end-to-end job done with accuracy, speed and more importantly, agility.

Last April, Microsoft Security Copilot taxied down the runway and took flight to help passengers onboard to reach new destinations in cyber defense. BlueVoyant, as a Microsoft Security Copilot pre-launch design advisory council member, was a trusty flight attendant that helped Security Copilot safely take off. Today, as Security Copilot has reached its cruising altitude, Microsoft announced Security Copilot agents that help its passengers to further optimize Microsoft Security tools usage.

The majority of global organizations say they have been negatively impacted by a breach in their supply chain. In our latest survey, 81% of global organizations reported being negatively impacted by a third-party cyber breach.

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) came into effect on January 17, across the EU. This new regulation aims to fortify the cyber security defences of financial services firms and their suppliers against digital threats. Understanding DORA is crucial for businesses as it unifies cyber security regulations, reducing vulnerabilities and ensuring compliance. In this blog, we'll explore what DORA entails, its key components, and its implications for both EU and UK-based financial institutions.

The Network and Information Security Directive (NIS2 Directive) is an important piece of European Union legislation aimed at bolstering cyber security across the member states. NIS2 officially came into force on 17th October, and while some EU member countries have met this deadline, many are still working to fully transpose the legislation.

In my experience, computers are only as smart as the person in front of them. Same with AI. The results are dependent on the prompts given. Today, users typing prompts from their brains into Microsoft Security Copilot may find it hard to get value. Prompts with adequate specificity are difficult to create, let alone repeat.

To show regional differences, BlueVoyant’s latest research report includes C-level executive responses from organizations in the U.S. and Canada, U.K., Continental Europe, and APAC. Singapore had among the lowest reported negative impacts from third-party cyber breaches, while the U.K. had the most. Regional differences play a notable role in shaping how organizations approach and handle third-party cyber risk management (TPRM).

Every year, more and more companies are confronted with website and email spoofing worldwide. Cyber criminals use fake websites and fake email accounts for phishing, spear phishing and social engineering attacks to commit fraud, redirect web traffic, or manipulate search engine rankings. The disarming, or takedown, of these fake domains is a real challenge for more and more security teams. This is because cyber criminals are becoming increasingly professional in their spoofing activities.