Microsoft Events brings an advanced Ignite 2025 session featuring speakers Lizzie Heinze and Sarat Subramaniam. They demonstrate how Security Copilot agents can automate security tasks, strengthen defenses, and enable rapid response across multiple security domains.

Security Copilot: Automating and Accelerating Defense with Agentic Workflows

Speakers: Lizzie Heinze, Sarat Subramaniam
Event: Microsoft Ignite 2025 | Session BRK238
Level: Advanced (300)

Session Overview

This session presents an in-depth look at Microsoft Security Copilot agents and how these AI-driven tools can automate critical security operations, accelerate response to threats, and facilitate smarter defenses across complex environments.

Key Topics Covered

  • Automating Security Operations:
    • How Security Copilot agents help streamline and automate security workflows
    • Custom and partner-built agents for tailored security solutions
  • Phishing Triage Agent Demo:
    • Live demonstration of a Security Copilot agent designed for phishing investigation and mitigation
    • Deep dive into agent workflow, decision factors, and impact
  • Measuring Agent Effectiveness:
    • Overview of agent impact metrics for assessing value delivered
    • Techniques for building trust in agent decisions and training
  • Building Trust & Transparency:
    • How Security Copilot enables transparency in agent actions
    • Interactive queries to explain individual agent decisions
  • Extending to Device & Identity Security:
    • Expanding AI-driven automation to protect identities and devices
    • Transition from identity management to device-level security orchestration
  • Partner and Custom Agent Marketplace:
    • Showcasing the security store marketplace for partner-generated and custom security agents
    • Deployment and orchestration of agents across multiple domains
  • Job Agent Orchestration:
    • Managing agent workflows spanning phishing, identity, and device security domains
    • Best practices for operationalizing agentic security at scale

Resources

Target Audience

Security engineers, architects, SecOps teams, and partners interested in automating security processes using Microsoft’s AI-driven Security Copilot and its extensible agent ecosystem.