Security News > 2022 > May > Microsoft Security Experts: Humans and automation to fight off cyber threats

Microsoft is rolling out its "Security Experts" managed service with an eye on stomping down threats and malware.

Microsoft is planning to roll out three such managed services in 2022, one of which became available today.

Aimed at customers with robust security operations centers, the service requires that Microsoft Defender data be handed off to the Windows vendor's experts, who will pore over signals from the likes of Office 365 in search of online attacker tracks.

Heading to preview in late 2022 is Microsoft Defender Experts for Extended Detection and Response, a managed service for customers seeking to extend the capacity of their existing security operations center.

Third is Microsoft Security Services for Enterprise, where pretty much everything is handed off and combines both threat hunting and managed XDR. This service is available today, although it is sold through a custom statement of work.

The Register asked Microsoft how much all this was going to cost and how many of these experts would be humans rather than layers of bots.

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