Identity is the new perimeter. And right now, attackers are walking straight through it.
More than 60% of cyberattacks in 2024 exploited compromised credentials and hijacked sessions, not malware or phishing attachments; just everyday users unknowingly turned into breach vectors. These identity-based threats are stealthy, fast-moving, and increasingly common.
The reality for today’s MSPs is this:
You can’t defend what you can’t see. And you can’t afford to miss what’s hiding in plain sight. Unlike traditional threats that set off endpoint alerts or endpoint alerts, identity-based attacks are subtle by design. Attackers log in using real credentials, hijack tokens, and blend in with user activity to evade detection, often resulting in advanced persistent threats.
Introducing Guardz Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR)
Today, we’re excited to launch Guardz ITDR, a core security control included in every Guardz plan. It’s purpose-built to reduce human risk and keep users secure across identities, endpoints, email, cloud, and data.
As part of the Ultimate plan, ITDR is reinforced by the Guardz 24/7 MDR Team, who monitor, triage, and respond to threats in real time. It uses a powerful blend of AI agents to find anomalies and enrich data while delivering around-the-clock SOC support to detect and contain threats before damage is done.
Under the hood, ITDR leverages a combination of cyber research, threat hunting, agentic AI, and behavioral analytics to identify suspicious activity and automate containment in real-time.
Here’s what sets Guardz ITDR apart:
Real-time behavioral detections
Spots threats like token theft, impossible travel, mailbox takeovers, and credential abuse using enriched log data and machine learning.
Agentic AI + human threat hunters
Our Guardz Research Unit (GRU) works hand-in-hand with AI agents to identify new attacker behaviors and translate them into detection logic.
Smarter triage, faster response
Guardz AI automatically triages findings and escalates only the real threats to our MDR team. SOC analysts validate incidents and take action while guiding MSPs through the right response, whether that’s suspending a user, isolating a device, or taking more nuanced next steps.
Detection and response are fast, contextual, and built for MSP workflows.
Designed to cut through the noise and take action faster
Too many security tools drown MSPs in alerts without context or clear action paths. Guardz ITDR is different.
It pulls identity and log data from your clients’ environments, analyzes it for behavioral anomalies, and surfaces only the most relevant risks, fully enriched with user context.
Because Guardz ITDR is embedded in the broader platform, MSPs get visibility not just into identity threats but also into how those risks intersect with other vectors of risk such as endpoints, email, data, web and training.. The result is a more holistic, more actionable threat picture.
Built on the Guardz threat research engine
Guardz ITDR is backed by a structured pipeline that continuously evolves to meet emerging threats:
- Research
Our GRU and AI agents uncover new identity-based techniques in the wild. - Detection
Abnormal patterns are turned into real-time detection rules and deployed across the Guardz platform. - Response
Incidents are triaged by AI, validated by human analysts, and delivered to MSPs with response guidance.
This tight feedback loop allows us to push high-quality detections fast, without waiting for legacy pipelines to catch up.
Already proving its value in the field.
ITDR has been rolling out gradually in beta and early adoption for several months now. The results speak for themselves:
- Detection of multiple real-world identity attacks
- Faster incident response across cloud environments
- Fewer false positives and clearer prioritization
- Better visibility into user risk and behavioral patterns
MSPs feedback has been clear as they finally feel like they can stay ahead of identity-based threats, without adding more complexity to their stack.
Available now as part of the Guardz platform
The ITDR capability is now available to all customers on the Guardz platform.
24/7 MDR support for ITDR incidents is included for Ultimate Plan customers.
Whether you manage five tenants or fifty, Guardz MDR including SentinelOne and now ITDR, equips you with the tools to move faster than the attackers targeting your users.
About Guardz
Guardz is on a mission to create a safer digital world by empowering Managed Service Providers (MSPs). Their goal is to proactively secure and insure Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) against ever-evolving threats while simultaneously creating new revenue streams, all on one unified platform.
About Version 2 Limited
Version 2 Digital is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company distributes a wide range of IT products across various areas including cyber security, cloud, data protection, end points, infrastructures, system monitoring, storage, networking, business productivity and communication products.
Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, different vertical industries, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.
