{"id":72343,"date":"2025-11-28T07:24:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T23:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=72343"},"modified":"2025-11-20T12:26:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T04:26:48","slug":"sophos-announces-availability-of-new-integrations-connecting-sophos-intelix-with-microsoft-security-copilot-microsoft-365-copilot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2025\/11\/28\/sophos-announces-availability-of-new-integrations-connecting-sophos-intelix-with-microsoft-security-copilot-microsoft-365-copilot\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophos announces availability of new integrations connecting Sophos Intelix with Microsoft Security Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sophos.com\/en-us\">Sophos<\/a> announced the general availability of new integrations that connect Sophos Intelix, its robust repository of cyber threat intelligence, with Microsoft Security Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot. Organizations of all sizes gain real-time access to Sophos threat intelligence within Microsoft\u2019s AI-powered environments, helping them strengthen defenses and respond to threats more effectively.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every day, Sophos processes more than 223 terabytes of telemetry in its Sophos Central platform, generating over 34 million detections and automatically blocking more than 11 million threats. This\u00a0global\u00a0scale of customer insight continuously informs Sophos\u00a0product and services\u00a0and fuels the intelligence within Sophos\u00a0Intelix, now accessible\u00a0for free\u00a0to\u00a0users of\u00a0Microsoft\u00a0Security Copilot\u00a0and\u00a0Microsoft 365 Copilot.<\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0milestone\u00a0underscores Sophos\u2019 mission to empower every organization with resilient, intelligent cybersecurity and to democratize cybersecurity for organizations of all sizes, meeting them wherever they are\u00a0in their cybersecurity journey,\u00a0within\u00a0the Microsoft Copilot ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sophos Intelix\u00a0for Microsoft Security Copilot<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sophos\u00a0Intelix\u00a0provides advanced threat context and enrichment capabilities directly into Microsoft Security Copilot, Microsoft\u2019s generative AI assistant for\u00a0Security Operation Center (SOC)\u00a0and IT\u00a0teams.\u00a0Security Copilot connects data across Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, Intune, Entra, and Purview, allowing analysts\u00a0and expert users\u00a0to query and investigate threats using natural language\u00a0enriched with Sophos\u2019\u00a0insights\u00a0from protecting\u00a0more than\u00a0600,000 organizations.\u00a0These teams\u00a0are often protecting organizations 24\/7\/365 and\u00a0require\u00a0the latest\u00a0intelligence\u00a0at their fingertips at all times\u00a0to protect their organization.<\/p>\n<p>Through this integration, security analysts\u00a0and IT teams\u00a0can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enrich alerts and triage incidents faster using Sophos\u00a0Intelix\u00a0intelligence\u00a0and services including\u00a0sandbox detonation\u00a0and dynamic analysis.<\/li>\n<li>Investigate indicators of compromise (IOCs) with file, URL, and IP reputation lookups.<\/li>\n<li>Access global insights and prevalence data from Sophos X-Ops directly within Security Copilot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sophos\u00a0Intelix\u00a0will also be available in Microsoft\u2019s new Security Store for third-party agents, MCP services, and APIs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sophos Intelix for Microsoft 365 Copilot<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sophos\u00a0Intelix\u00a0also integrates with Microsoft 365 Copilot, making\u00a0comprehensive\u00a0threat intelligence available\u00a0and accessible\u00a0for the masses within\u00a0everyday\u00a0Microsoft\u00a0productivity tools such as\u00a0Teams\u00a0and Microsoft\u00a0365 Copilot Chat.<\/p>\n<p>With\u00a0Sophos Intelligence in Microsoft 365, IT administrators, risk managers, and business users can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Query Sophos threat intelligence in natural language directly within Microsoft 365Copilot Chat and\u00a0Microsoft Teams.<\/li>\n<li>Check whether links, files, or domains are associated with known malicious activity.<\/li>\n<li>Strengthen cyber awareness and decision-makingabilities\u00a0within productivity tools\u00a0they\u2019re\u00a0using daily.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By embedding these capabilities into Microsoft 365 Copilot, Sophos helps organizations of all sizes make faster, better-informed security decisions without leaving their workflow. This integration\u00a0doubles down on Sophos\u2019 vision to\u00a0democratize access to advanced cybersecurity insights,\u00a0giving\u00a0Microsoft\u00a0365 Copilot users\u00a0the same level of intelligence\u00a0leveraged\u00a0by\u00a0sophisticated\u00a0SOC teams. <u>Y<\/u>ou can also watch this <a href=\"https:\/\/cloudpartners.transform.microsoft.com\/download?assetname=assets%2FAgent-Partner-Demo-Sophos-CAPTIONS.mp4\">video demonstration of Sophos\u00a0Intelix\u00a0for Microsoft 365 Copilot<\/a>\u00a0to see how users can\u00a0leverage\u00a0it within their everyday productivity tools.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Microsoft Agent 365 Capabilities for Sophos Intelix<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sophos\u00a0Intelix\u00a0will also integrate with\u00a0Microsoft\u2019s\u00a0growing\u00a0Copilot and agent ecosystem, extending Sophos intelligence across\u00a0the\u00a0Microsoft\u00a0365\u00a0ecosystem.\u00a0Powered by Entra-based identity management, this integration enables organizations to bring Sophos\u00a0Intelix\u00a0into their agent portfolio with full observability and compliance.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft Agent 365\u00a0serves as\u00a0the control plane for AI\u00a0agents,\u00a0allowing\u00a0organizations\u00a0to\u00a0extend\u00a0their existing infrastructure, applications,\u00a0and protections to agents,\u00a0while\u00a0using\u00a0familiar capabilities that have been adapted to agent needs.<\/p>\n<p>Together, these integrations further strengthen Sophos\u2019 commitment to delivering advanced intelligence wherever organizations\u00a0operate\u00a0within\u00a0the Microsoft\u00a0agent\u00a0ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meeting the Growing Demands of Defenders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AI is transforming industries worldwide, and cybersecurity is no exception. Security teams are flooded with alerts yet often lack the resources to keep pace, with small and mid-sized businesses most affected. In the\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/assets.sophos.com\/X24WTUEQ\/at\/gqpx2zb7wpnzcgpz7xp4vmnr\/sophos-the-cybersecurity-skills-shortage-in-smaller-businesses-wp.pdf\">Sophos Addressing the Cybersecurity Skills Shortage in SMBs report<\/a>, 96 percent of respondents reported difficulties investigating suspicious alerts and 75 percent struggled to remediate incidents quickly.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, attackers are accelerating: the\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/en-us\/2025\/04\/02\/2025-sophos-active-adversary-report\/\">Sophos Active Adversary Report 2025<\/a>\u202ffound that data exfiltration begins in just three days on average, with a median of only 2.7 hours between exfiltration and detection, and attackers\u202fcan reach Active Directory in as little as 11 hours. These findings underscore the urgent need for defenders to adopt faster, more effective ways of analyzing and investigating alerts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Powered by Deep Intelligence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By exposing Sophos\u00a0Intelix\u00a0within the\u00a0Microsoft Copilot ecosystem, Sophos makes\u00a0threat\u00a0intelligence\u00a0universally\u00a0accessible, helping organizations accelerate analysis, reduce response time, and improve security outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Microsoft Copilot ecosystem is transforming how people interact with technology by bringing natural language interfaces into the core of its Copilot ecosystem,\u201d said Simon Reed, Chief Scientific Research Officer, Sophos. \u201cThe future of SOC productivity is moving beyond the graphical user interfaces\u00a0we\u2019ve\u00a0relied on since the 1980s, toward a new paradigm of human\u2013AI collaboration. AI assistants powered by expansive datasets, deep threat intelligence, and advanced systems are fundamentally reshaping how analysts work. By making Sophos\u00a0threat\u00a0intelligence available through both Microsoft Security Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot,\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0giving defenders faster, more natural access to insights that help them respond to threats with speed, precision, and confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAI is the force multiplier for defenders, and when partners like Sophos bring their agentic innovation into the Microsoft Copilot ecosystem, the impact is exponential. Together,\u00a0we\u2019re\u00a0not just building tools\u2014we\u2019re\u00a0creating a new era of intelligent, collaborative cyber defense,\u201d said Vasu\u00a0Jakkal, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organizations of all sizes gain real-time access to Sophos threat intelligence within Microsoft\u2019s AI-powered environments, helping them strengthen defenses and respond to threats more effectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":71787,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[3362,206,96],"class_list":["post-72343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-microsoft","tag-sophos","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72343"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72344,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72343\/revisions\/72344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}