Microsoft has launched a new enterprise cyber security suite under Microsoft 365 E7, introducing Project Perception and Agent 365 to tackle the growing issue of agentic insiders.
Rather than focusing solely on outside hackers, the new tools monitor internal artificial intelligence bots that have broad system access across corporate networks, ensuring these automated helpers do not abuse permissions or trigger operational disasters.
Credit: John Collins from Pixabay Companies increasingly rely on artificial intelligence agents to write software code, study balance sheets, and process expense claims.
To handle these tasks, bots receive direct access to sensitive databases and administrative systems. Because organisations deploy these tools internally, management often grants them implicit trust.
