Outside-In Watch
Continuously observe reconnaissance, exposed services, leaked access, impersonation, infrastructure signals, and external attack-path preparation around the MSP and every covered client.
ASDR FOR MSPs + THEIR CLIENTS
AGENTIC SWARM DETECTION AND RESPONSE
See the swarm.
Stop the strike.
Agentic attacks do not wait for a ticket queue. SwarmWard continuously detects external profiling, exposure, compromise, and coordinated targeting across your client group—then helps you respond and remediate before machine-speed activity expands the boundary of compromise.
ONE MSPEVERY COVERED CLIENTCONTINUOUS OUTSIDE-IN RESPONSE
SWARM FIELD / LIVE DETECTING + RESPONDING
SW
1 MSP75 MANAGED CLIENTSMULTIPLE REQUESTS / SECONDAgentic campaigns can operate beyond human response cadence
Organizations being profiled47
Clients under swarm targeting12
Pre-attack actions ready08
Illustrative operating scenario for a 75-client MSP group—not an industry average.
01
THE SPEED GAP
The attack clock changed.
The ticket queue did not.
Anthropic documented a campaign in which AI performed 80–90% of the operation, with only four to six human decision points per target. At peak activity it issued requests multiple times per second. A response model built around manual triage, business-hours escalation, and isolated tenant alerts begins too late.
AI
AGENTIC ATTACKERSeconds
Parallel reconnaissance, exploit iteration, credential testing, and data analysis.
VELOCITY
MISMATCH
MISMATCH
SOC
STANDARD RESPONSEQueues + handoffs
Alerts move through triage, tenant identification, escalation, approval, and action.
ASDR · AGENTIC SWARM DETECTION AND RESPONSE
Detect the campaign.
Defend every target.
One continuous outside-in service for MSP and client exposure, compromise detection, swarm correlation, managed response, and pre-attack remediation.
Swarm Correlation
Correlate distributed activity across identities, services, infrastructure, and the client group so coordinated agentic pressure appears as one campaign—not a pile of isolated alerts.
Managed Swarm Response
Validate exposure or compromise, investigate swarm activity, prioritize affected clients, and coordinate approved containment through the MSP's existing controls.
Pre-Attack Remediation
Identify what the attacker is preparing to exploit and give the MSP prioritized actions to close exposed paths before access becomes business impact.
02
BOUNDARY OF COMPROMISE
Intervene before
exposure becomes impact.
SwarmWard moves visibility to the left—from the point of impact back toward attacker profiling and path preparation. Earlier evidence gives the MSP more opportunities to close an exposed path before privileged access, client-to-client movement, or operational disruption.
PROFILEEXPOSEACCESSEXPANDIMPACT
STANDARD MSP / MSSPVisibility begins late
Alerts appear after an internal control fires. The compromise boundary may already include identities, systems, clients, or operations.
SWARMWARD ASDRVisibility begins outside
Profiling, exposed paths, and coordinated targeting can surface earlier—creating pre-attack remediation and faster response options.
Attacker expansion SwarmWard intervention window
Operational model—not a guaranteed percentage reduction. Outcomes depend on coverage, evidence, authority, and remediation speed.THE THREAT GOES BEYOND RANSOMWARE
AI scales the whole intrusion chain.
Research points to cheaper reconnaissance, faster exploitation, autonomous attack chaining, scaled identity abuse, and exposure across interconnected IT and operational environments.
+56%AI-enabled attacks year over year
IBM Cost of a Data Breach 2026 ↗80–90%of one documented campaign executed by AI
Anthropic Threat Intelligence, 2025 ↗21%month-over-month growth in AI bot traffic
Verizon 2026 DBIR ↗62%of reported AI-driven attacks targeted critical infrastructure sectors
IBM Cost of a Data Breach 2026 ↗IBM 2026 STUDIED-ENTERPRISE AVERAGE$6M
Average cost reported for AI-enabled malicious breaches—about $1 million above IBM's global breach average. SwarmWard reduces the risk associated with AI swarms by continuously monitoring for coordinated activity potentially targeting the MSP and its clients. It gives managed detection and response teams earlier, actionable alerts—what changed, who is exposed, and what to remediate—so they can react faster and reduce compromise, active threats, and exploitable vulnerabilities.
Read IBM research ↗03
IT + OT / CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
The swarm follows
the exposed path.
Public-facing IT creates access. Connected OT, remote access, IIoT, ICS, and SCADA can turn that access into high-consequence disruption. NCSC assesses that AI will increase threat frequency and intensity and that AI adoption in critical infrastructure expands the attack surface.
Public applications + identity
44%year-over-year increase in exploitation of public-facing software or system applications reported by IBM X-Force.
IBM X-Force 2026 ↗CONVERGED
EXPOSURERemote access · vendors · cloud · identity
EXPOSURERemote access · vendors · cloud · identity
ICS + SCADA + IIoT
62%of AI-driven attacks reported in IBM's 2026 breach study targeted critical-infrastructure sectors.
IBM critical-infrastructure finding ↗CISACI
FORTIFY
FORTIFY
ISOLATION-READY RESILIENCE
Know what must be isolated before the crisis.
CISA's CI Fortify guidance calls on operators to identify and map vital OT and enabling systems, build separation points, and test graduated isolation plans. SwarmWard's outside-in exposure view can help prioritize the connections that deserve attention before an incident.
FROM SIGNAL TO ACTION
One continuous
response loop.
SwarmWard combines external evidence with MSP authority and existing controls. The objective is not another dashboard. It is a shorter path from attacker preparation to validated action.
- 01DISCOVER
Map profiling and exposure
Observe reconnaissance, leaked access, exposed services, impersonation, and attacker infrastructure.
- 02CORRELATE
Identify the swarm and targets
Connect activity across the MSP and client group into campaign-level evidence.
- 03RESPOND
Validate and interrupt
Investigate exposure or compromise and coordinate approved containment.
- 04REMEDIATE
Close the next path
Prioritize the weaknesses the attacker is preparing to use and reduce repeat exposure.
ASDR COVERAGE
One MSP.
Nine clients included.
Start with the MSP and nine managed clients. Add coverage as your protected group grows.
$10K
one-time onboarding
plus $10,000 per month
ASDR FOR MSPsBASE COVERAGE
- 01 One MSP + nine managed clients
- 02 Outside-in profiling + exposure baseline
- 03 Swarm detection + managed response
- 04 Pre-attack remediation priorities
ONE-TIME ONBOARDING$10,000
MONTHLY COVERAGE$10,000
Each client beyond the first nine: $1,000/month
Plan ASDR coverage ↗Pricing shown is a commercial starting point and may be adjusted for external surface, integrations, response authority, and service complexity.
OPERATOR QUESTIONS
Clear evidence.
Controlled action.
ASDR is Agentic Swarm Detection and Response: continuous outside-in detection, campaign correlation, managed response, and pre-attack remediation for MSPs and their clients.
They are an illustrative monitored-group scenario showing how SwarmWard organizes signals for one MSP. The research statistics elsewhere on this site are separately sourced and linked.
No. SwarmWard adds outside-in visibility, cross-client correlation, and managed response while helping the MSP act through its identity, endpoint, email, firewall, backup, RMM, and incident-response capabilities.
Earlier visibility changes where the MSP can intervene. SwarmWard is designed to identify profiling and exposed paths before an attacker reaches privileged access, client-to-client movement, or operational impact. Outcomes depend on scope, authority, and remediation speed.
RESPONSIBLE DISCLOSURE
Evidence first.
Securely delivered.
When SwarmWard observes activity associated with a potentially exposed MSP or managed client, we validate attribution and provenance, protect sensitive evidence, and notify an authorized recipient through a secure channel.
Read the disclosure standard ↗ASDR FOR MSPs
Reduce the boundary.
Protect the whole group.
Give your MSP and covered clients Agentic Swarm Detection and Response built for coordinated machine-speed threats.