enterprise security

Microsoft’s blunt admission that Windows 11’s new “agentic” features introduce novel security risks turns what was pitched as a productivity breakthrough into one of the most consequential security conversations for desktops in years. Background Microsoft is previewing a set of features that...

Microsoft’s Ignite 2025 felt less like a product parade and more like a strategic course correction: the company is repositioning AI from a parade of impressive features into an enterprise-grade governance-first platform that treats AI agents as auditable, identity-bound services rather than...

Check Point’s announcement that it will embed runtime AI Guardrails, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), and Threat Prevention directly into Microsoft Copilot Studio marks a meaningful step toward production-ready, enterprise-grade protections for agentic AI — but it is also an invitation to disciplined...

Microsoft will ship native Sysmon functionality inside Windows, a move that promises to turn the longtime Sysinternals staple for deep endpoint visibility into a formally supported, update‑managed OS capability and to dramatically simplify how organizations collect forensic‑grade telemetry...

The announcement that Microsoft intends to evolve Windows into an “agentic OS” — an operating system that runs AI-driven agents capable of making decisions and taking actions on behalf of users — has triggered a sharp backlash from long-time Windows users, developers, and IT professionals who...

Microsoft’s new agentic AI features for Windows 11 — the capability that will let AI “click, type and scroll” on your behalf — arrive accompanied by unusually blunt, Microsoft-authored security caveats: agent accounts, isolated Agent Workspaces, admin-only toggles, and explicit warnings about...

Microsoft is bringing Sysmon — the long-favored Sysinternals tool for deep Windows telemetry — into Windows itself as an optional, native capability for Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025, a change that promises to simplify deployment, add official support, and shift how enterprises collect...

Microsoft’s Copilot — long billed as the keystone of a voice‑driven, agentic Windows — is colliding with a messy reality: under-delivery, flaky behavior, and rising mistrust from both everyday users and enterprise buyers. The last few months have exposed a pattern: polished marketing and big...

Check Point Software’s announcement that it will integrate its AI Guardrails, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), and Threat Prevention engines directly into Microsoft Copilot Studio marks a consequential step in making agentic AI manageably secure for large enterprises, but it also raises several...

Check Point’s new tie-up with Microsoft to embed AI security directly into Copilot Studio marks a decisive moment in enterprise AI defense: the vendor is taking its AI Guardrails, Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and Threat Prevention engines into the runtime path of Copilot Studio agents to stop...

Microsoft’s short, matter‑of‑fact follow‑up makes the previously fuzzy promise of an “agentic OS” much more immediate: Windows 11 will begin hosting autonomous, auditable AI agents in contained desktop sessions, and Microsoft is already shipping the plumbing for that future to Windows Insiders...

Microsoft’s latest Insider build of Windows 11 introduces a new, optional layer of agency to the OS: agentic AI features that can act on your behalf, automating multi‑step workflows in the background. The first public-facing control for this capability — an Experimental agentic features toggle...

Microsoft’s latest shift puts AI agents where you already look first: the taskbar. In a previewed set of changes rolling through the Windows Insider program, Microsoft is transforming the familiar taskbar search slot into an agentic control surface — a place where Microsoft 365 Copilot and...

Microsoft’s latest Insider preview quietly lays the groundwork for a new class of on‑device automation: an Agent Workspace and an experimental toggle that prepares Windows 11 to let AI agents act on your behalf inside a contained session — a move that shifts the OS from suggestion to action...

Microsoft’s preview of agent workspaces turns a long-standing promise — that a PC can be not only smarter but also act autonomously on your behalf — into a concrete, guarded design for Windows where AI agents run in parallel, isolated desktop sessions and are subject to auditable controls and...

Microsoft has taken another significant step toward turning the browser into an active workplace companion: at Ignite 2025 the company detailed a Copilot-centric refresh for Microsoft Edge for Business that bundles an agentic “Copilot Mode,” smarter New Tab experiences, multi-tab reasoning, and...

Microsoft’s Ignite 2025 made one thing unmistakably clear: the company is betting the enterprise future on agentic AI — fleets of purpose-built Copilot agents that plan, act and operate under identity-aware governance — and it wants IT, security and data teams to treat agents as production...

Microsoft’s new Agent Workspace turns Copilot from a suggestive helper into a proactive, background-capable assistant that can read and act on files in your user folders — and that change has immediately reignited debates about privacy, attack surface expansion, and the trust model for AI on...

Microsoft has started previewing a new, experimental capability in Windows that lets AI “agents” run in their own isolated workspace and take action on files and apps on your PC — a move that shifts Copilot from a conversational helper into a class of agentic automation that can open apps, click...

Microsoft’s latest Insider preview surfaces Agent Workspace — a contained, system-level environment that lets AI agents run under their own account and desktop so they can perform clicks, typing, app launches and file operations in parallel with a human user. Background and overview Microsoft is...