Blackpoint Cyber CEO Says New AI SOC Agent Marks Next Evolution Of Managed Cybersecurity: Exclusive
Blackpoint Cyber CEO Says New AI SOC Agent Marks Next Evolution Of Managed Cybersecurity: Exclusive
Publish Date: 2026-07-08 09:00:00
Source Domain: www.crn.com
‘You’re going to need AI to fight AI. You’re going to need agents fighting agents. That’s where this industry is headed,’ says Blackpoint Cyber CEO Gagan Singh.
As cybercriminals turn to AI to launch faster, more convincing identity-based attacks, Blackpoint Cyber’s CEO believes the industry’s response has to be deploying AI against AI.
That’s the strategy behind the cybersecurity vendor’s new AI Security Operations Center (SOC) agent for identity threat detection and response (ITDR), an autonomous capability that detects and contains credential-based attacks targeting Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace accounts in as little as 21 seconds. The new technology combines AI with human oversight, allowing high-confidence threats, including token theft, impossible travel and business email compromise, to be investigated and contained at machine speed.
For CEO Gagan Singh, the launch represents more than another AI feature but rather the next evolution of managed cybersecurity.
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“I tell MSPs all the time to ask their security vendors what they think the world is going to look like six months from now,” Singh (pictured) told CRN in an exclusive interview. “Do you agree with that view of the world? And if you do, what are they doing today to prepare for it? From where we sit, the genie is out of the bottle when it comes to agentic AI and large language models. Those capabilities are becoming available to everyone, including the bad guys.”
He said attackers are no longer limited by traditional phishing campaigns as AI now allows them to personalize every attack, sift through millions of targets automatically and launch sophisticated social engineering campaigns.
“You’re going to need AI to…
