Presented by Lou Adesida, Neta Haiby, and Herain Oberoi at Microsoft Ignite 2025, this breakout session explores holistic security and compliance for AI ecosystems using Microsoft's tools and platforms.

End-to-End Security for AI Platforms, Apps, and Agents

Session Overview

This foundational session from Microsoft Ignite 2025 provides actionable strategies for organizations to confidently adopt, monitor, and secure AI platforms—ranging from assistive copilots to autonomous digital workers. The session highlights Microsoft's end-to-end security approach to AI applications, agents, and platforms.

Speakers

• Lou Adesida
• Neta Haiby
• Herain Oberoi

Key Topics

• Microsoft’s AI Security Focus: Introduction to holistic risk management in AI environments.
• Security Platform Overview: Using Defender, Purview, and Entra for visibility, control, and compliance.
• Unified Security Dashboard: Centralizing AI risk visibility, sprawl management, and threat defense for all AI applications and agents.
• Agent Behavior Monitoring: Observability tools for AI agents with actionable monitoring tabs.
• Security Risk & Remediation Guidance: Understanding common risks and learning effective remediation techniques in Microsoft’s AI ecosystem.
• Compliance Standards: Navigating the EU AI Act and other regulatory frameworks with Microsoft Purview.

Solutions Highlighted

• Microsoft Defender: Threat detection and protection for AI workloads.
• Microsoft Purview: Data governance, compliance, and monitoring for AI agents and apps.
• Microsoft Entra: Identity and access management to safeguard AI resources.

Practical Guidance

• Preventing data oversharing and managing agent/application sprawl.
• Leveraging a unified dashboard for security operations teams.
• Applying security configurations and observability to emerging AI workloads.
• Strategies for ongoing compliance in fast-evolving regulatory environments.

Compliance & Regulation

• Session explains the impact of major regulatory acts (EU AI Act) and how Microsoft tools can help address compliance challenges.
• Includes overview of risk assessment workflows and governance practices.

Resources

• Securing AI—Protect, Govern, Defend
• Microsoft Ignite On-Demand Sessions

Session Agenda

• End-to-End Security for AI Platforms
• AI Risk Visibility & Security Dashboards
• Microsoft Security Platform Overview
• Security Risk & Remediation Guidance
• Compliance Challenges: EU AI Act
• Holistic Solutions & Wrap-Up

Microsoft’s integrated security ecosystem gives technical teams the tools needed to address AI-specific threats, visibility gaps, and regulatory complexity.