Runtime Guardrails for Microsoft Copilot Studio Agents
Microsoft Copilot Studio has become the enterprise standard for building AI agents, with organizations using it to transform customer service, accelerate operations, and reimagine how work gets done. But enterprise adoption at scale requires one critical element: security leaders must be able to confidently answer “yes” when the business asks to deploy agents into production. Agentic security has become a top-of-mind problem for enterprises.
Adding to Agent Security Controls
Noma Security has supported Microsoft Copilot Studio visibility and posture management since launch, giving security teams comprehensive insights into agent architecture, tool connections, access configurations, and risk exposure. Today, on the heels of the recent Microsoft Copilot Studio real-time agent security announcement we’re releasing runtime guardrails for Copilot Studio agents through seamless, in-line integration with Microsoft, completing the end-to-end security foundation our customers require in order to confidently deploy agents at scale.
Asaf Tzuk, Microsoft Principal Program Manager, said, “As AI agents become more embedded in critical business workflows, the need for robust security grows. Microsoft Copilot Studio already includes strong built-in protections against agent manipulation, but for organizations that need deeper oversight and proactive, responsive control, a new feature is now in public preview: Advanced real-time protection during agent runtime for enhanced security.”
This additional level of control allows our customers to easily connect Noma Security and Microsoft Copilot Studio for real-time evaluation and control of agent behavior during runtime. Noma Security is now embedded as part of the agent’s decision-making process and can be used to directly block unsafe actions such as an email send that overshares information.
Why Runtime Protection Matters
Visibility and posture management are essential foundations needed to understand what agents exist, what they connect to, and where misconfigurations create risk. But true protection requires securing the execution layer: monitoring every tool call, analyzing intent in real-time, and stopping threats before they cause damage.
Runtime protection addresses the critical question security leaders face: “How do I ensure agents won’t execute malicious or unintended actions when interacting with mission-critical systems?” Without this layer, enterprises are amplifying risk immensely. With it, they can accelerate AI adoption without compromising security.
Collaborating with Microsoft Copilot Studio for Secure-by-Design Agent Development
Noma Security has been integrated with Microsoft Copilot Studio from day one to help our customers with the visibility and security required to secure its use. Leveraging the new Copilot Studio external guardrails capability, Noma Security can now embed its deep and extensive runtime protection and guardrail capabilities directly into agents built on Copilot Studio. This seamless integration enables organizations to build security into their agents from the ground up, rather than layering it on after deployment.
Unlocking Bold AI Adoption
This integration enables a fundamental shift in which security becomes an accelerator, not a bottleneck. Businesses can move fast, deploy agents widely, and implement AI transformations boldly, knowing comprehensive protection is built into the foundation, not added as an afterthought.
Fortune 100 companies who are already using Noma Security advanced runtime protection to secure their AI and agentic applications, tell us this comprehensive platform approach is non-negotiable for enterprise AI deployment. CISOs need assurance that agents are protected across their entire lifecycle, from design through runtime, so the business can capture AI’s full value without hesitation.
Deep Microsoft Copilot Studio Coverage
Building on Noma Security advanced support for Salesforce Agentforce and ServiceNow Now Assist, this integration brings the same comprehensive protection capabilities to Microsoft Copilot Studio environments. We provide deep visibility into the unique Copilot Studio architecture, native support for its tool and connector ecosystem, and seamless runtime protection that works naturally within Microsoft’s environment. This depth of integration enables enterprises to confidently scale Copilot Studio deployments across their organization.
Our specialized runtime detectors protect against:
- Malicious Intent – Identifying destructive actions like deleting databases, executing harmful code, or exfiltrating sensitive information by analyzing intent, not just syntax.
- Tool Poisoning – Detecting when external resources or APIs have been compromised to inject malicious instructions into agent execution.
- Prompt Injection, Sensitive Data Exposure, and Policy Violations – Comprehensive threat detection across the full attack surface.
Fortune 100 enterprises use Noma Security to detect and prevent AI threats in real time, enabling secure-by-design AI agent adoption at scale.
Why Foundational AI Security Matters
Agents don’t operate in isolation. They’re complex systems built from tools, datasets, MCPs, models, and integrations. Securing them requires a platform approach that understands these dependencies and provides unified visibility, risk management, and protection across the entire stack. This foundational approach is what enables enterprises to scale AI securely, because security teams can see and protect the complete picture rather than managing disconnected point solutions.
With Noma Security runtime protection and guardrails seamlessly integrated into Microsoft Copilot Studio, organizations now have comprehensive agent security across three dimensions:
Visibility & Discovery – Complete mapping of all Copilot Studio agents and their underlying building blocks: tools, APIs, MCPs (Model Context Protocol), datasets, models, and how they all interconnect. This foundation is critical because agents are only as secure as the components they’re built from, and most organizations lack visibility into this complex supply chain.
Posture Management – Proactive identification of misconfigurations, overly permissive access, destructive capabilities, and compliance gaps across all agent components before agents reach production. Understanding risk at the component level (from the models being used to the tools being called) enables security teams to address vulnerabilities at their source.
Runtime Protection & Guardrails – Real-time analysis of every tool call and agent interaction, detecting and blocking malicious intent, tool poisoning, prompt injection, and policy violations during execution. Guardrails are fully customizable to fit each organization’s specific security policies, compliance requirements, and risk tolerance, enabling security teams to enforce the exact boundaries their business needs.
When suspicious behavior is detected, agents halt execution immediately, protecting business operations while maintaining detailed audit trails for security teams. Because Noma Security operates in-line with agent execution, protection is instantaneous and transparent to end users.
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