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Microsoft Unveils Project Perception, Expands Runtime Security for AI Agents

Published

27 July 2026

Topic

opportunities

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AI & ML

Geography

United States

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Read at redmondmag.com

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Fusion42 · 27 July 2026 · Fusion42 review

Microsoft launches Project Perception, an autonomous cyberdefence system using red/blue/green team agents to continuously detect and block AI agent threats, and expands Defender runtime protections for AI agents in Microsoft 365 to detect prompt injection and unsafe actions in real time.

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◆ The Wire takeaway

Microsoft just made AI agents a native security problem inside Microsoft 365 — every enterprise deploying agents now has Defender watching what they actually do at runtime, not just at creation. If you're building agent guardrails, compliance tooling or monitoring for AI agents, your wedge customer now has a built-in competitor.

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AI & MLai-agentsruntime-securityautonomous-defenceprompt-injectionthreat-detection