Guardz Adds Identity Threat Detection to Help MSPs Deliver Packaged MDR Services

Guardz has introduced a new Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) feature to its AI-native, unified Managed Detection and Response (MDR) platform.

They offer an all-in-one, multi-tenant cybersecurity solution designed to simplify and strengthen security management for MSPs and their SMB clients.

The ITDR capability provides real-time analytics, automated responses, and human-guided escalation to detect identity-based threats across platforms like Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace.

Cyber MSP

The Guardz platform integrates advanced threat detection, response, and remediation capabilities across multiple attack vectors, including identities, endpoints, email, cloud applications, and data:

• Unified Detection and Response: The platform consolidates security signals from various sources (e.g., identities, endpoints, email, cloud, and data) into a single engine, enabling faster threat detection and response. This eliminates the complexity of managing multiple point solutions
• AI-Powered Automation: Guardz leverages artificial intelligence to automate threat detection, alert management, and remediation, reducing false positives and manual workload for MSPs. This allows MSPs to focus on critical threats and scale operations efficiently.
• Multi-Tenant Dashboard: A single, user-centric interface allows MSPs to manage multiple client environments, reducing complexity and alert fatigue while improving visibility and consistency across client portfolios.

MSP Enablement

The Guardz platform is a purpose-built, AI-native cybersecurity solution that empowers MSPs to deliver comprehensive, scalable, and cost-effective protection to SMBs. By offering unified detection and response, integrated EDR, cyber insurance readiness, and robust sales tools, Guardz enables MSPs to streamline operations, enhance client security, and drive business growth through new revenue streams and competitive differentiation.

In the feature video Matt Heaton, CEO of Elevated Networks, shares how Guardz enhances their MSP with robust security, proactive threat management, and excellent support. Guardz helps his team stay ahead of evolving threats while delivering efficient and affordable solutions for their clients.

Via their Youtube channel Guardz offer ongoing sales and business building insights for MSPs, like How to Drive Sales without a Dedicated Sales Team and How MSPs are Helping Their Clients Balance Security & Productivity.

Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR)

Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) is a cybersecurity approach focused on identifying, mitigating, and responding to threats targeting user identities and credentials. Here are the key benefits of ITDR, particularly in the context of Guardz’s new feature for MSPs:

Proactive Threat Detection: ITDR uses real-time analytics and behavioral monitoring to identify suspicious activities, such as impossible travel (logins from geographically distant locations in a short time), authentication anomalies, token theft, or credential abuse. This helps catch threats early before they escalate.

Enhanced Security for Cloud Platforms: ITDR protects identity-based access across widely used platforms like Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, safeguarding critical business applications from unauthorized access or account takeovers.

Automated and Rapid Response: ITDR systems, like Guardz’s, automate responses to detected threats, such as blocking suspicious logins or resetting compromised credentials. This reduces response time and minimizes potential damage.

Scalability for MSPs: For Managed Service Providers, ITDR simplifies delivering comprehensive security to multiple clients. Guardz’s platform offers streamlined setup and customizable workflows, enabling MSPs to manage identity threats efficiently across diverse client environments.

Human-Guided Escalation: ITDR combines automation with 24/7 Security Operations Center (SOC) support, ensuring complex threats are reviewed and addressed by experts, improving accuracy and reducing false positives.

Protection Against Evolving Threats: ITDR addresses sophisticated identity-based attacks, such as phishing, malware, or mailbox takeovers, which are common entry points for cyberattacks, especially in small and medium-sized businesses with limited security resources.

Cost-Effective Security: By integrating ITDR into a unified MDR platform, MSPs can offer robust protection without requiring clients to invest in multiple standalone tools, making advanced cybersecurity accessible to smaller organizations.

Compliance and Trust: ITDR helps organizations meet regulatory requirements by securing sensitive data and user identities, fostering trust with clients and stakeholders.

Guardz’s ITDR, integrated into its MDR platform, monitors Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace for anomalies like mailbox takeovers or unauthorized access. If a user’s account shows a login from a distant country shortly after a local login, the system flags it as “impossible travel,” automatically blocks the session, and alerts the MSP’s SOC for further investigation.

Channel Market Opportunity

This protects SMBs from phishing or credential theft without requiring extensive in-house security expertise. In summary, ITDR technology provides a proactive, automated, and scalable approach to securing digital identities, combining AI-driven detection with human oversight to combat sophisticated cyber threats effectively.

The market opportunity for MSPs in cybersecurity, particularly through ITDR, lies in addressing the critical need for identity protection, compliance, and advanced threat detection in a landscape of escalating cyber risks and resource constraints.

By leveraging ITDR’s real-time analytics, automation, and integration with platforms like Microsoft 365, MSPs can target high-growth segments like SMBs, differentiate through specialized services, and capitalize on a $2 trillion cybersecurity market. Strategic investments in technology, partnerships, and talent will enable MSPs to seize this opportunity and establish themselves as leaders in the evolving cybersecurity landscape.