Microsoft expands Agent 365 to secure AI agents with human-level controls

Microsoft is expanding its Agent 365 offering to secure both cloud and local AI agents, aiming to provide human-level security controls. The expansion, announced at Microsoft Build 2026, integrates existing security tools like Defender and Entra to offer observability, governance, and threat protection for AI agents. This move addresses growing concerns about the security risks associated with increasingly autonomous AI agents proliferating across organizations.