AI/ML

MSSPs are looking more closely at AI costs, margins and how many security tools they really need.

TENEX.ai CEO Eric Foster says agentic AI can cut the manual work behind MDR, lower SOC costs and change how MSSPs staff and deliver security services.

Expel is extending its MDR platform to detect AI-assisted attacks, employee misuse of AI tools and security risks inside enterprise AI systems, with coverage mapped to MITRE ATLAS.

ServiceNow is bringing exposure, identity, vulnerability management and incident response into one autonomous security model, with AI taking on more security operations.

Recurring revenue is rising, AI-native SOC models are taking shape, and MSSPs are under more pressure to prove outcomes as the 2026 Top 250 deadline approaches.

As attackers use AI to move quicker, MSSPs need to cut the time between detection, prioritization and response without losing the human judgment that matters when things get messy.