Copilot, Microsoft’s latest AI-powered application, adds a dynamic search engine to your network that helps your company buy back time. The app enables your team to chat with Copilot to search for items across all your Office 365 apps – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, etc. Plus, a few other cool features like getting a summary of your latest project or assistance creating email drafts.
Since Copilot launched three months ago, 100 million users have subscribed. So far, the results are amazing. On average, offices are recovering 10 hours a month of productivity. At $30 a user, most companies are quickly seeing an average ROI of 180%.
While this data is compelling, there are some there are some critical questions to ask, like… Do you want your staff searching your management team’s salaries? Or viewing your CEO’s private emails? Or your biggest competitor taking a peek at proposals you have in the works?
As with any cutting-edge innovations, there are important risks to assess and safety measures to implement before adopting an AI-powered tool like CoPilot.
Data Privacy & Security
Your infrastructure must be optimized with proper policies and data access controls. You will probably want to consider starting with one or two departments that require the most collaboration before using Copilot company-wide.
Compliance
Ensure any changes you make to your infrastructure are industry-compliant as well as compliant with your Cyber insurance policy.
Training
Like any new application, there is a learning curve to using Copilot. Train your staff to get the most benefits from Copilot and to understand security protocols.
Get Started
There are strong benefits to working with an outside Cybersecurity provider to implement Copilot. To put it simply, this is what they do!
Your cyber advisor will kick off with a discovery meeting to learn what you hope to achieve from using Copilot. Before ever turning on user licenses, they conduct a comprehensive security review including your existing policies and data access controls. Next, they assist your IT team with any necessary remediation measures. Most importantly, your cyber advisor will design an implementation plan that includes training your staff to use Copilot as well as security awareness.
If you want to explore how Copilot can buy back time for your company,
