Why Agent Security Alone Is Not Enough? Foundry‑level controls are designed to prevent unsafe behavior and bound autonomy at runtime. But even the strongest preventive controls cannot answer key go...

Every agent abuse pattern we’ve explored points to a specific control gap, not a theoretical flaw. Across all patterns, one theme consistently emerges: agents behave logically according to how they a...

What Is Agent Abuse? Agent abuse is not about “bad models” or simple prompt hacking. It’s about how autonomy, tools, memory, identity, and data access interact—and how those interactions can be exp...

Microsoft appreciates the opportunity to participate in the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) effort to evolve the Live Guidelines for Secure Software Development, Security, and...

Security attacks span identities, devices, resources, and activity, making it critical to understand how these elements connect to expose real risk. In November, we shared how Sentinel graph brings t...

The Microsoft Purview product team is constantly listening to customer feedback about the data governance challenges that slow teams down. One of the most persistent pain points — understanding the t...

Last week, March 24 to 26, 2026, Microsoft headquarters in Redmond played host to the annual Microsoft MVP Summit. What an incredible few days it was. As someone fortunate enough to be part of this c...

What Are Data Quality Thresholds? A data quality threshold defines the minimum acceptable score for a rule to pass. Instead of applying a single fixed standard across all data, organizations can no...

Today, we’re excited to announce the public preview of a Sentinel connector builder agent, via VS code extension, that helps developers build Microsoft Sentinel codeless connectors faster with low-co...

Service-hosting machines are typically highly managed and more controlled than end-user devices. Deployments and updates are closely monitored, changes are tested, releases are staged, and change-man...