At Microsoft Ignite, Sophos unveiled a set of integrations that plug its threat-intelligence engine. The Sophos Intelix, directly into Microsoft Security Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot. It’s a move that signals a deeper shift in how cybersecurity vendors are positioning themselves within AI-driven environments.
The announcement gives organizations large and small real-time access to intelligence drawn from Sophos’ massive telemetry pipeline. The company processes more than 223 terabytes of data daily and blocks over 11 million threats. Now, that insight becomes instantly available inside Microsoft’s AI tools at no extra cost.
For experts watching the space, the message is clear: AI assistants are becoming the new interface for security operations. And established vendors like Sophos are racing to ensure their data becomes part of that default workflow.
Security Copilot: A Faster Route to Context
Within Microsoft Security Copilot, Sophos Intelix delivers threat enrichment, reputation checks, and global prevalence data. SOC analysts can investigate indicators of compromise with simple prompts, speeding up triage and reducing time wasted on noise. The deeper, unspoken implication: as AI systems take over first-line investigations, threat-intelligence providers must integrate directly or risk becoming invisible to operators who no longer toggle between dashboards.
The Microsoft 365 Copilot integration takes intelligence out of the SOC. It puts it into the hands of ordinary business users. Inside Teams or Copilot Chat, staff can query if a file, domain, or link is risky without calling the IT desk. This shift hints at a broader future where cyber hygiene becomes embedded in daily collaboration tools rather than siloed in security consoles.
Sophos Intelix is also joining Microsoft Agent 365, a new control layer for enterprise AI agents. This brings Sophos data into automated workflows and identity-driven agents. The move positions Sophos as a core intelligence provider as autonomous agents begin taking on routine remediation tasks.
The timing is notable. Sophos research shows 96% of SMB security teams struggle to investigate alerts, while attackers are moving faster than ever often reaching Active Directory in under half a day. The integrations speak to a market racing to close the gap between detection and response, using AI as a force multiplier.
A New Interface for Cyber Defense
Sophos leaders argue that the future SOC will not be built on traditional dashboards but on natural-language interactions fueled by deep intelligence. Microsoft echoes that view, framing the partnership as a step toward collaborative, AI-driven defense.
As AI assistants become the command center for security operations, vendors without deep integrations risk being left behind. For Sophos, embedding Intelix across the Microsoft ecosystem isn’t just a feature launch it’s a strategic foothold in the expanding world of agent-driven security.
