Microsoft Purview DSPM now includes a new data security agent to strengthen your data protection posture

Posted on May 23, 2026 by Jo SNAI

Microsoft has officially moved Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) in Microsoft Purview from preview to general availability (GA) and that’s a big step forward for organizations looking to strengthen how they protect sensitive data.

At its core, DSPM helps you understand where your data risks really are, giving you better visibility across your Microsoft 365 environment. Instead of piecing things together manually, you get clear insights, risk signals, and practical recommendations to help improve your overall data security posture.

This release is part of Microsoft’s ongoing investment in enterprise-grade security and compliance tools, making it easier to protect data at scale without added complexity.

What’s New

One of the key additions in this GA release is the Data Security Posture Agent, now fully available.

With it, you can:

Get a centralized view of data risks across your environment
Identify potential gaps in your security posture
Access actionable recommendations to improve protection
Take direct steps to remediate risks

The transition from preview to GA is seamless—your existing configurations stay as they are, and there’s no need to reconfigure policies or settings.

Rollout Timeline

General Availability (Worldwide): Late May 2026 – Late June 2026

The feature will become available based on your organization’s Microsoft Purview deployment timing.

Who Should Pay Attention

This update is especially relevant for:

IT admins
Security teams
Compliance professionals

Basically anyone responsible for managing or protecting data within Microsoft 365 using Microsoft Purview.

What This Means for You

Good news, no action is required to enable this feature.

That said, it’s a great opportunity to take advantage of what DSPM offers. You might want to:

Explore the new DSPM capabilities and see how they fit into your security strategy
Learn how to set up and use the Data Security Posture Agent
Start using DSPM insights to prioritize and reduce data risks
Inform your security and compliance teams about the update
Update any internal documentation that references Purview DSPM

Microsoft Copilot for Security generally available worldwide on April 1, 2024

Posted on March 14, 2024 by jovathis

Today, Microsoft announce that Microsoft Copilot for Security will be generally available worldwide on April 1, 2024. The industry’s first generative AI solution will help security and IT professionals catch what others miss, move faster, and strengthen team expertise. Copilot is informed by large-scale data and threat intelligence, including more than 78 trillion security signals processed by Microsoft each day, and coupled with large language models to deliver tailored insights and guide next steps. With Copilot, you can protect at the speed and scale of AI and transform your security operations.

Copilot for Security economic study, which shows that experienced security professionals are faster and more accurate when using Copilot, and they overwhelmingly want to continue using Copilot. The gains are truly amazing:

* Experienced security analysts were 22% faster with Copilot.
* They were 7% more accurate across all tasks when using Copilot.
* And, most notably, 97% said they want to use Copilot the next time they do the same task.

This new study focuses on experienced security professionals and expands the randomized controlled trial we published last November, which focused on new-in-career security professionals. Both studies measured the effects on productivity when analysts performed security tasks using Copilot for Security compared to a control group that did not. The combined results of both studies demonstrate that everyone—across all levels of experience and types of expertise—can make gains in security with Copilot. When we put Copilot in the hands of security teams, we can break down barriers to entry and advancement, and improve the work experience for everyone. Copilot enables security for all.

Microsoft Security Exposure Management – Public preview release

Posted on March 14, 2024 by jovathis

Today, March 13, Microsoft announce the public preview release of Microsoft Security Exposure Management. This transformative solution unifies disparate data silos, extending end-to-end visibility to security teams across all assets. By enabling a thorough assessment of security posture and exposure, this solution equips teams to not only grasp their current security landscape but also elevate it to new heights. Microsoft Security Exposure Management serves as a cornerstone for proactive risk management, empowering organizations to adeptly navigate and mitigate threat exposure across their entire attack surface.

Microsoft Security Exposure Management empowers customers to:

Build an effective exposure management program with a continuous threat exposure management (CTEM) process.
Reduce risk with a clear view of every asset and real-time assessment of potential exposures both inside-out and outside-in.
Identify and classify critical assets, ensuring they are protected against a wide variety of threats.
Discover and visualize potential adversary intrusion paths, including lateral movement, to proactively identify and stop attacker activity.
Communicate exposure risk to business leaders and stakeholders with clear KPIs and actionable insights.
Enhance exposure analysis and remediation by integrating with third-party data sources and tools

At launch, we are introducing new capabilities that are foundational to exposure management programs:

Attack Surface Management: Provides a comprehensive view of the entire attack surface, allowing the exploration of assets and their relationships.
Attack Path Analysis: Assists security teams in visualizing and prioritizing attack paths and risks across environments, enabling focused remediation efforts to reduce exposure and breach likelihood.
Unified Exposure Insights: Provides decision-makers with a consolidated, clear view of an organization’s threat exposure, facilitating security teams in addressing critical questions about security posture.