IANS Brings Cybersecurity Intelligence to Microsoft Copilot

IANS announced the general availability of the IANS Model Context Protocol Server for Microsoft Copilot on October 29, 2026, allowing security teams to access practitioner-validated cybersecurity intelligence within Copilot features.

Integration Details

Organizations using Microsoft Copilot can now bring IANS intelligence into features such as Chat and Copilot Cowork via the IANS Agent. IANS stated that the integration uses collective intelligence from Faculty interactions, client conversations, vendor intelligence, and peer community discussions.

In Copilot Chat, users can select IANS as a source to receive grounded answers with citations. IANS is also available as a plugin in Copilot Cowork for multi-step work, and users can use the IANS Agent for dedicated conversations.

Features and Availability

According to IANS, security teams can benchmark decisions against peers, track active threats, evaluate vendors, brief leadership, and request Ask-an-Expert sessions with IANS Faculty members.

The IANS MCP for Microsoft Copilot is available now to IANS clients with MCP access and Microsoft Copilot licenses. Chantrelle Nielsen, principal product manager for the Copilot Platform at Microsoft, said mutual customers can draw on peer organizations' approaches directly in Copilot under existing administrative controls.

What to do

• A Microsoft 365 administrator enables IANS for the organization in the Microsoft 365 admin center.

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