Illumio’s AI Agent Automates Threat Detection and Containment
▼ Summary
– Illumio launched Insights Agent, an AI-powered guide within its cloud detection and response solution to reduce alert fatigue and accelerate threat containment.
– The Agent provides personalized risk views and immediate remediation guidance tailored to user roles like threat hunters and incident responders.
– It automatically prioritizes threats by severity and surfaces relevant alerts, addressing the challenge of over 2,000 daily alerts faced by security teams.
– Key features include persona-based AI guidance, in-depth investigative analysis, and one-click containment integrated with Illumio Segmentation.
– Insights Agent is available in public preview and for Microsoft customers, with general availability expected in December, and offers a 14-day trial.
Illumio has introduced a powerful new feature called the Insights Agent, designed to transform how security teams handle cloud threats. This AI-driven tool integrates directly into the Illumio Insights platform, offering real-time threat detection and one-click containment to help overwhelmed analysts cut through the noise and respond faster. By tailoring alerts and remediation steps to individual roles, the Agent aims to reduce alert fatigue and accelerate critical security decisions before breaches can escalate.
According to Andrew Rubin, CEO and Founder of Illumio, security professionals are drowning in irrelevant notifications. “What they truly need are clear, actionable answers, not more clutter,” he explains. “Insights Agent delivers exactly that: a personalized risk perspective for every user, plus instant guidance on next steps. It’s built for the defenders on the front lines, providing real-time discovery and response capabilities.”
The Agent builds on the existing Illumio Insights framework, using role-aware intelligence to align threat detection and guidance with the responsibilities of each user, whether they are threat hunters, incident responders, or compliance analysts. It automatically sorts threats by severity and highlights those most relevant to the individual, streamlining decision-making and improving containment effectiveness. Given that teams typically face over 2,000 alerts daily, roughly one every 42 seconds, according to the 2025 Global Cloud Detection and Response Report, minimizing triage delays has become essential.
Underpinning the Agent is the advanced AI security graph within Illumio Insights, which processes and analyzes massive volumes of cloud network data. This system provides continuous visibility into traffic patterns and emerging risks, forming a solid technological foundation that allows security teams to identify and neutralize threats with remarkable speed and accuracy.
Key features of the Insights Agent include:
Persona-Based AI Guidance: Users choose from predefined roles such as threat hunter, incident responder, data security specialist, or compliance monitor to receive insights and alerts customized to their duties.
In-Depth Investigative Analysis: The AI examines workloads, security policies, and network flows, delivering recommendations ranked by severity to focus attention where it’s needed most.
Accelerated Threat Detection: Continuous background monitoring of workload communications and network flows helps identify anomalies and potential threats as they emerge.
AI-Driven Response Plan: Step-by-step remediation guidance is provided, with automated handoffs across the security infrastructure to ensure fast and thorough resolution.
MITRE ATT&CK Mapping: Threats are mapped directly to the MITRE ATT&CK framework, helping users recognize attacker methods, prioritize actions, and reduce unnecessary alerts.
One-Click Containment: Integrated with Illumio Segmentation, this feature allows immediate isolation of compromised workloads without requiring host-based agents.
The Insights Agent is currently available in public preview as part of Illumio Insights and is accessible to Microsoft customers through the Microsoft Security Store. General availability is anticipated in December. Organizations interested in evaluating the tool can request a 14-day trial directly through the Insights user interface.
Microsoft has already implemented both Illumio Insights and Illumio Segmentation across its entire corporate IT environment, reinforcing its cyber resilience and supporting breach prevention at a massive scale.
(Source: ITWire Australia)
