By Aytun Çelebi
Publication Date: 2026-10-20 08:45:00
Microsoft on Monday introduced enterprise security features, including Guardian Agents, to monitor companies’ AI agents and restrict their access to data and systems.
The company added an agent-detection feature to Microsoft Defender that can identify up to 60 types of agents employees bring into the workplace, including Claude Code, Codex and OpenClaw.
Other new controls limit agents’ access to data and systems and dynamically adjust permissions based on the task. They can require human approval when an agent appears to be making risky decisions.
Guardian Agents is part of Project Perception, which Microsoft introduced in June in response to hacking models such as Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable and OpenAI’s…
