# Introducing MAI-Cyber-1-Flash inside MDASH | Microsoft AI

Microsoft announced MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, a security model inside MDASH that scores 96% on CyberGym at 50% lower cost.

- MAI-Cyber-1-Flash handles up to 90% of tasks, with GPT-5.4 reserved for the hardest 10%.
- The system beats Mythos, Gemini, and GPT on CyberGym, scoring 96%, 12 points above Mythos.
- Microsoft also launched Perception, an agentic security system for MDASH workflows.
- The model was evaluated by Microsoft's AI Red Team and independently assessed by a third party.

## Why it matters

Security teams using MDASH get a cheaper, faster model for most vulnerability tasks, with better benchmark performance and a new agentic workflow system.

## Sources

- [Microsoft AI: Introducing MAI-Cyber-1-Flash inside MDASH | Microsoft AI](https://microsoft.ai/news/introducing-mai-cyber-1-flash-inside-mdash)

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Summarized by dstilled on 2026-08-05. https://dstilled.ai/story/3877bb9f-e507-48c1-af63-7b43847d1177