Darktrace empowers MSSPs with new AI-native email security offering

The cybersecurity vendor also announced an expansion to the Darktrace Defenders Partner Program which now gives MSSPs greater flexibility and scalability to build and grow managed security services.

Darktrace has launched its first managed security service offering designed for Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs). The new offering will enable partners to deliver AI-native email security services built on the vendor’s industry-leading Darktrace / EMAIL solution.

With email threats remaining one of the biggest problems organizations continue to face globally, the managed security service will provide real-time detection, investigation, and response across the entire email and messaging ecosystem. Darktrace research revealed that that approximately 17% of email threats bypass Secure Email Gateways but are detected by Darktrace’s AI, making the new offering’s availability even more crucial for organizations.

The complexity of detecting modern AI-powered threats on emails are also seeing businesses rely more on MSSPs for support. This is especially common in organizations that do not have sufficient cybersecurity teams or lack the capabilities to fully invest and manage cybersecurity for the entire organizations. SMEs in particular are facing a huge need for MSSPs, given their limited resources.

For Darktrace, MSSPs play a critical role in extending advanced cybersecurity capabilities to these organizations, but protecting multiple customer environments at scale introduces operational challenges as analysts must investigate large volumes of alerts while maintaining consistent detection and response. By enabling MSSP partners to deliver Darktrace-powered protection as a managed service, the new offering helps make enterprise-grade AI email security accessible to a broader range of organizations.

As such, the new product offering is also supported by updates to the Darktrace Defenders Partner Program. The program is designed to provide flexibility and scalability for partners at every stage of their services maturity, helping them expand security offerings and deliver AI-native protection to customers around the world.

Opportunities for partners

Taking a deeper look at the offering, the service allows partners to deliver Darktrace’s advanced messaging and identity security capabilities, including AI-driven threat detection across email, Microsoft Teams, and user identities, integrated data loss prevention (DLP) and DMARC monitoring to prevent sensitive data loss and domain impersonation. It also enables behavior-driven security training with Darktrace / Adaptive Human Defense.

The MSSP-ready model will enable partners to deliver continuous, real-time detection and containment of advanced email threats as well as automate investigation and prioritization with AI to reduce manual triage. Partners will also be able to maintain consistent protection across multiple customer environments.

In terms of support for MSSPs, the Darktrace Defenders Partner Program will provide partners with greater flexibility to build and scale security services. With the program introducing a flexible framework designed around partner needs, organizations can now engage as resellers, service providers, or fully managed security providers.

Key features of the program include:

• Flexible commercial models designed for MSSP business structures
• Scalable deployment paths that accelerate time-to-value
• Co-selling, enablement, and go-to-market support to help partners expand services
• Unified management capabilities that simplify operations across customer environments

Darktrace believes this flexible model allows partners to grow their services business at their own pace while unlocking new recurring revenue opportunities.

Dan Monahan, Chief Partner Officer, Darktrace shared that partners are at the forefront of helping organizations defend against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.

“By expanding MSSP capabilities within the Darktrace Defenders Partner Program and introducing AI-native email security services, we’re enabling partners to bring innovative AI-powered protection to market as managed services, helping them protect customers, scale their operations, and unlock new revenue opportunities,” Monahan said.