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How safe is Microsoft Security Copilot for cybersecurity?

GDPR profileOur summary of what the provider itself publishes about your data: whether the data is in the EU (2 points), whether there is a certification or GDPR safeguard (1) and whether the provider is established in the Netherlands or the EU (1). 3 or 4 points is Strong, 2 Good, 1 Limited, 0 Unknown. How we measure for cybersecurityUnknown

The maker of Microsoft Security Copilot publishes little about data protection. Check this before you put confidential cybersecurity data into it.

Where does Microsoft Security Copilot stand on cybersecurity?

Shared spot 14 of 25 options for cybersecurity (professional tools and general assistants) on GDPR profile. 5 options, like Microsoft Security Copilot, have an unknown profile. Each tile is an option we track for this field; click for the check.

Strong5
Good7
Limited1
Unknown5
Caution7

Published safeguards

None of these three found in what the provider publishes; you can read what is there below. Is this your tool? Add the details

uses the Azure OpenAI foundation model according to Microsoft. Data is stored in the geography you choose when creating a workspace, and prompts can be processed in the EU. Sharing data with Microsoft is on by default and can be switched off; data does not go to OpenAI and does not train the foundation model, but with opt-in it does train Microsoft's own security models. Headquartered outside the EU (US).

How to use Microsoft Security Copilot safely

  • Use the business variant and sign a data processing agreement (DPA).
  • Do not enter unnecessary personal data into prompts; anonymise where possible.
  • Ask the provider explicitly where data is stored and processed.
  • Keep a professional in the loop: a security tool sees everything: log files, emails, usernames and network traffic.

Stronger or equally strong in cybersecurity

SoSafeSoSafe SE (Cologne, Germany)Aikido SecurityAikido Security BV (Ghent, BE)Eye SecurityEye Security (The Hague, Netherlands)HadrianHadrian Security B.V. (Amsterdam, Netherlands)SekoiaSekoia (Rennes, France)

Questions

How safe is Microsoft Security Copilot for cybersecurity?
The maker of Microsoft Security Copilot publishes little about data protection. Check this before you put confidential cybersecurity data into it. The provider publishes little about this, so ask before business use.
Does Microsoft Security Copilot train on my data?
uses the Azure OpenAI foundation model according to Microsoft. Data is stored in the geography you choose when creating a workspace, and prompts can be processed in the EU. Sharing data with Microsoft is on by default and can be switched off; data does not go to OpenAI and does not train the foundation model, but with opt-in it does train Microsoft's own security models. Headquartered outside the EU (US).
What should I watch out for with AI in cybersecurity?
A security tool sees everything: log files, emails, usernames and network traffic. That is personal data, so you need a data processing agreement and must know where the data is stored. Also ask whether the AI assistant is trained on your data. WithSecure (Finland) says it processes data for Luminen in AWS in Europe and does not train foundation models on customer data. Sekoia stores data in Germany or elsewhere in the EU/EEA and is ISO 27001 certified. SoSafe (France) can run self-hosted. With Microsoft Security Copilot you choose the geo of your workspace, but sharing data with Microsoft is on by default. For Charlotte AI, ESET LiveAI and Mindgard the hosting location is not public. Never let an agent act on production systems without analyst approval, and record who makes the 24-hour report under the Cybersecurity Act when an incident occurs.

Source documents

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Last checked: 6 November 2026 · How we check

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