Arctic Wolf® has launched Aurora® MDR Connect, a new tier of Aurora Managed Detection and Response (MDR) built exclusively for managed service providers (MSPs). Powered by the Aurora Superintelligence Platform and the Aurora Agentic SOC that underpins Arctic Wolf’s flagship MDR, Aurora MDR Connect enables MSPs to extend modern security operations, including access to over 250 native integrations, 24×7 detection, investigation, and pre-authorized response, to organizations of all sizes and stages of maturity, so they can extend modern security operations to more of their customers without the cost or complexity of building their own 24×7 SOC.
Why Now: A Market Ready for This Shift
Managed security is the fastest-growing segment of the MSP market, yet many providers still face a difficult choice: stitch together a growing collection of point tools or invest in a high-touch security model that can be costly and difficult to scale. At the same time, attackers are increasingly operating at machine speed, using AI to compress the time organizations have to detect and respond. According to Arctic Wolf’s 2026 AI and Cybersecurity Trends Report, 70% of security leaders believe an undetected threat has already led to a successful attack within their organization.
As a result, MSPs are being asked to play a larger role in protecting organizations of all sizes and stages of cybersecurity maturity, regardless of whether they set out to build a full-service security operations center (SOC) of their own. Yet endpoint-only approaches and disconnected security tools leave gaps that modern attackers can exploit. Customers need broader visibility, faster response, and stronger security outcomes, while MSPs need a way to deliver those capabilities without adding significant operational complexity. Aurora MDR Connect was built to address these challenges, giving MSPs a path to extend modern security operations across their customer base with the speed, scale, and efficiency today’s threat landscape demands.
A Challenge That Grows With Every Customer
As an MSP grows, so does the cost of delivering security operations. Every new customer adds more monitoring, more investigation, and more after-hours coverage, and building a mature 24×7 SOC to keep up is expensive, an investment that never really stops. Scaling back isn’t the answer either. Streamlining down to an endpoint-focused approach only trades one problem for another, leaving gaps in identity, email, and cloud, the entry points behind most modern breaches. That leaves MSPs stuck between two bad options. Build a SOC whose costs climb with every new customer or narrow the stack and open new blind spots. What they actually need is the same speed and scale their customers expect, without staffing up a growing bench of SOC analysts to deliver it.
MDR, Built for the MSP Model
Aurora MDR Connect is powered by the same Aurora Agentic SOC and detection engine as Arctic Wolf’s flagship MDR, giving MSPs access to mature security operations, including 24×7 detection, investigation, and pre-authorized response, without recreating each capability internally. There is no Arctic Wolf physical sensor hardware to ship, install, or maintain, so MSPs can deploy digitally and start onboarding customer environments within hours.
Throughout the relationship, MSPs lead all customer communication and ongoing guidance, while Arctic Wolf works behind the Partner, not with the end-customer directly.
Why It Matters for MSPs
- Broader coverage: Extend protection beyond endpoint into identity, email, cloud, and network log telemetry through one Aurora foundation
- Real response, not just alerts: Configured, pre-authorized response actions across customer environments, where enabled, supported, and authorized
- Broad visibility, built in: Unlock visibility across customer environments with over 250 native integrations, no custom development required
- No hardware to manage: Deploy digitally, with no Arctic Wolf physical sensor hardware to ship, install, or maintain
- You remain the trusted advisor: Arctic Wolf works directly with you, not your customers, so your brand leads the relationship
- Built for MSP economics: Pricing and delivery designed around how MSPs run their business, not a scaled-down enterprise product
A Foundation Built to Grow With You
Aurora MDR Connect is powered by the Aurora Superintelligence Platform, so partners can expand their security practice without re-platforming later. As a customer’s needs mature, MSPs can move them from Aurora MDR Connect to full Aurora MDR while keeping the same deployment and the same Partner relationship intact, unlocking additional value such as a named security team, deeper log retention, network sensor coverage, and expanded Data Explorer access along the way.
Go Deeper at Our Partner Webinar
Current Arctic Wolf MSP Partners are invited to an exclusive deep dive on Aurora MDR Connect on Wednesday, September 23.
Register through the Partner Portal
https://partners.arcticwolf.com/
Catch Us on the Road
Want to talk about Aurora MDR Connect in person? Find the Arctic Wolf team at these upcoming MSP events.
- XChange Best of Breed. October 12 to 13, 2026, in Atlanta, Georgia.
- XChange NexGen. October 18 to 20, 2026, in Orlando, Florida.
- IT Nation Connect Global. November 4 to 6, 2026, in Orlando, Florida.
Not Yet an Arctic Wolf MSP Partner?
If you are not yet an Arctic Wolf MSP partner and want to learn more about Aurora MDR Connect and what it means to partner with Arctic Wolf, join us live on Thursday, October 8 at 12 p.m. ET | 11 a.m. CT | 9 a.m. PT for a deeper dive into Aurora MDR Connect, our other purpose-built MSP solutions, and the value of becoming an Arctic Wolf MSP partner.
Register for the October 8 webinar
MSPs interested in adding Aurora MDR Connect to their portfolio can contact their Arctic Wolf partner manager or visit arcticwolf.com/msp/.
