New tools and guidance: Announcing Zero Trust for AI
2026-03-20T02:52:17Z•95cde3dfc606edf16b3bf9a53912e95d7dfa9a7850f6de3a1ce4c53ed7df1142
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What happened
Microsoft Security Blog (March 2026) published a collection of posts focused on AI security, threat activity, and detection/mitigation guidance. Highlights include the launch of “Zero Trust for AI” (new AI pillar, reference architecture, updated guidance, and an assessment tool), guidance on AI observability and prompt-injection detection, and Purview innovations for governance. Multiple threat reports describe active campaigns and TTPs: Storm-2561 using SEO poisoning to distribute fake VPN clients that install signed trojans and steal VPN credentials; Contagious Interview—fake developer job/
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