llumio Inc., a breach containment company, has unveiled the Insights Agent, an AI-powered capability within its cloud detection and response (CDR) solution, Illumio Insights. The new tool aims to help cybersecurity teams overcome alert fatigue, streamline threat detection, and contain attacks more quickly through personalised, real-time alerts and guided remediation.
The Insights Agent acts as an intelligent assistant that provides role-specific insights and one-click response recommendations, enabling security professionals to focus on high-priority threats instead of sifting through countless low-value alerts. This targeted approach is designed to help organisations detect and contain breaches faster and more effectively.
Andrew Rubin, CEO and Founder of Illumio, said, “Security teams are overwhelmed by noise, and we don’t need more useless alerts; we need more actionable answers. Illumio Insights was built to deliver clarity, not clutter. With Agent, we’re taking the next step: every user gets a personalised risk view tailored to their role, along with immediate, practical guidance on what to do next. This is real-time discovery and containment, designed for the people who defend our organisations every day.”
Role-based threat visibility
Building on Illumio Insights’ AI-driven capabilities, the Insights Agent provides contextual threat detection aligned with each user’s function, whether as a threat hunter, incident responder, or compliance analyst. It prioritises alerts by severity and presents only the most relevant threats for each user, helping to reduce decision fatigue and speed up response times.
The urgency for faster detection is underscored by Illumio’s 2025 Global Cloud Detection and Response Report, which found that security teams handle more than 2,000 alerts per day—approximately one every 42 seconds. By automatically sorting and recommending actions, the Agent helps reduce triage delays that can lead to missed or delayed responses.
Powered by Illumio’s AI security graph
The Insights Agent is built on Illumio’s AI security graph, a technology that processes cloud-scale network data to map risks and communications in real time. This visibility forms the foundation of the new Agent, allowing teams to detect anomalies, assess threat impact, and take immediate containment measures without deploying host agents.
Key features include persona-based AI guidance, severity-ranked analysis of workloads and network flows, and automated, step-by-step response plans that coordinate across the organisation’s security tools. The system also integrates MITRE ATT&CK mapping to help users understand attacker behaviour and prioritise countermeasures effectively.
Public preview and availability
The Insights Agent is currently available in public preview within Illumio Insights and can also be accessed through the Microsoft Security Store. General availability is expected in December. Microsoft has already implemented both Illumio Insights and Illumio Segmentation across its corporate IT environment, highlighting the scalability and reliability of the platform.
