5 ways Security Copilot can save you money
Introduction:
Cybersecurity has become one of the largest operational expenses for modern businesses. From managing tools and responding to threats, to maintaining compliance, organisations are under pressure to secure their data while staying cost-effective. Microsoft Security Copilot offers a powerful solution—using generative AI and automation to reduce operational burden, optimise existing investments, and prevent costly security incidents.
In this insight, we discuss five key ways Microsoft Security Copilot helps customers save money on their security journey:
1. Reduce Time and Cost of Incident Response
Manual incident investigation is resource-intensive and often requires highly skilled (and expensive) security analysts. Microsoft Security Copilot uses AI to automate triage, threat correlation, and incident summarisation across Microsoft Defender XDR, Sentinel, and Purview.
Instead of spending hours digging through logs, analysts can ask Security Copilot: “What happened in this alert?” or “Show me the impacted assets.” Security Copilot returns a detailed, contextual analysis—reducing incident response time from hours to minutes, and cutting down on staffing costs or reliance on external incident response firms.
2. Maximise Existing Microsoft Security Investments
Security Copilot natively integrates with the Microsoft 365 E5 tools like Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Sentinel, and Microsoft Purview. This means customers don’t need to invest in separate third-party SIEMs, data loss prevention, or compliance tools.
By consolidating and amplifying the value of the Microsoft stack, organisations avoid licensing duplication and reduce integration costs—maximising ROI on their existing tools without sacrificing capability.
3. Lower the Cost of Data Classification and Governance
Manual data classification is time-consuming and typically requires data governance specialists or consultants. With Copilot Data Security Agents, Microsoft Security Copilot automates the classification, labeling, and policy recommendation process within Microsoft Purview.
Security Copilot scans data estates, suggests sensitivity labels, highlights policy gaps, and even auto-generates compliance summaries—dramatically reducing the time and budget required to maintain effective data governance and audit readiness.
4. Prevent Costly Insider Risks and Data Breaches
Data breaches—whether accidental or malicious—are expensive. Regulatory penalties, incident response, and reputation damage can cost millions. The Data Security Agent within Security Copilot helps security teams proactively detect risky behaviors like off-hours file access, bulk downloads, or unsanctioned cloud uploads.
It correlates user actions across services, flags anomalies, and suggests mitigations before a breach occurs—helping organisations avoid the high costs associated with data loss, legal exposure, and non-compliance.
5. Optimise Staffing and Upskill Non-Security Roles
Security Copilot makes advanced threat insights accessible through natural language, enabling IT support engineers, help desk teams, and compliance teams to handle tasks that previously required cybersecurity experts. This reduces the need to hire niche talent and helps existing staff work more efficiently.
By embedding security expertise in an AI assistant, organisations reduce training overhead, bridge skill gaps, and get more done with less.
Conclusion
Microsoft Security Copilot isn’t just a smarter way to secure your organisation—it’s a cost-saving powerhouse. With intelligent agents, native integrations, and AI-powered efficiency, it helps customers cut costs across people, process, and technology—delivering enterprise-grade protection without the enterprise-sized price tag.
