By Richard Humphreys |
Accenture has collaborated with Microsoft, alongside their joint venture Avanade, on new capabilities for its Adaptive Managed Extended Detection and Response (MxDR) solution,. The updates will help businesses reduce risks, respond more quickly to attacks and keep their operations running smoothly even when facing cyber threats.
The updated MxDR combines agentic AI with enhanced data analytics to improve threat detection, automate responses and strengthen overall security operations.
According to Accenture’s latest ‘State of Cybersecurity Resilience’ research, 74 per cent of CEOs worry about their organisation’s ability to minimise cyberattacks. This concern highlights the urgent need for modern, agentic AI-powered cybersecurity solutions like Accenture MxDR for Microsoft, which autonomously addresses these needs, minimises the impact of cyberattacks and helps organisations build true business resilience.
“Cybersecurity teams have long faced significant challenges in managing massive datasets, and scaling security management tools and overcoming staffing resource limitations,” said Harpreet Sidhu, global lead of Accenture Cybersecurity. “With Accenture MxDR for Microsoft, we’re helping organisations harness agentic AI-powered solutions to supercharge cyberattack detection and proactive remediation, enabling security teams to focus on strategic priorities and driving risk reduction while autonomous agents handle routine threat scenarios.”
The solution brings together security data from across an organisation into one place, making it easier to spot and understand potential cyber threats. By connecting tools like Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, it helps security teams detect problems faster and respond more quickly, all while improving overall visibility.
It also uses AI-powered tools to continuously monitor systems and highlight risks that might otherwise go unnoticed. These tools can cut through unnecessary alerts, reduce blind spots and help teams focus on the most important threats instead of being overwhelmed by data.
In addition, Accenture provides a library of ready-made security tools, workflows and best practices that organisations can quickly put into action. This helps businesses stay protected against both known and emerging threats without having to build everything from scratch.
Finally, the solution includes packaged support to help companies get the most out of Microsoft’s wider security technologies, such as Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Entra and Microsoft Intune. This makes it faster and easier to strengthen security, improve resilience and reduce the cost and complexity of implementation.
“We’re proud to deepen our collaboration with Accenture to help customers secure their digital estates with end-to-end visibility and faster response times,” said Steve Dispensa, corporate vice president, security solution area at Microsoft. “The Accenture Adaptive MxDR for Microsoft combines Accenture’s managed services and security expertise with the breadth of Microsoft’s AI-powered platform to help organisations reduce complexity, strengthen defences and scale resilience.”