CyberSentriq Launches SentriqAI Platform to Close SMB Security Gap with AI-Powered Defense

CyberSentriq has launched SentriqAI, an AI-native cybersecurity and data resilience platform designed to give managed service providers (MSPs) the tools they need to protect small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with enterprise-grade security1

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. The Galway, Ireland-based company, backed by Bregal Milestone, unveiled the platform under CEO Myles Bray, who joined earlier this year to accelerate investment in AI-driven threat detection and cyber resilience1

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AI-Assisted Attacks Cut Compromise Time to 25 Minutes

The launch comes as AI transforms the threat landscape, enabling cybercriminals to launch more convincing, targeted attacks at unprecedented speed and scale. Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 threat intelligence has documented AI-assisted attacks cutting the time from initial compromise to data exfiltration to as little as 25 minutes1

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. Bray explained that AI has changed the economics of cybercrime, creating an imbalance where large enterprises have the teams, technology and budgets to respond, while most SMBs don't1

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. The platform addresses this gap by putting enterprise-grade AI cybersecurity into the hands of MSPs without requiring SMB customers to build large security teams or manage fragmented security products1

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Unified Platform Replaces Fragmented Security Tools

SentriqAI brings together email security, Microsoft 365 backup and recovery, and email archiving into one environment, giving MSPs a single interface, one API and a shared data layer2

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. This consolidation reduces the time MSPs spend switching between products and manually coordinating security, backup, recovery and compliance tasks. Bray told CRN that MSPs can save hours and days of operator time by moving from multiple products to a single platform2

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. The platform provides backup and recovery for Exchange Online, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams and Entra ID, with recovery options ranging from individual items and mailboxes to entire workloads2

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Adaptive AI Engine Explains Threat Detection Reasoning

SentriqAI uses an adaptive AI engine within Unified Email Security that analyzes signals including sender, domain, authentication, links, intent and history, rather than simply producing an unexplained risk score1

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. The platform uses behavioral analysis to establish normal email patterns for individual organizations and identify anomalies, including potential impersonation attempts2

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. It shows the reasoning behind its conclusions, giving MSP technicians visibility into why a threat has been flagged and evidence to support investigations and customer decisions1

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. The platform distinguishes between autonomous actions like phishing quarantine and backup restore, and AI-assisted tasks like threat investigation and policy recommendations1

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MSPs Report Operational Efficiency Gains

Joe Burns, CEO and Co-Founder of Reformed IT, a UK-based MSP, highlighted the platform's differentiation, particularly the additional backups of Entra and improved business continuity planning capabilities1

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. Antwine Jackson, president and founder of Raleigh, North Carolina-based Enitech, emphasized the value of consolidating services, noting that MSPs gain time back from both a cost-saving and operational standpoint2

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. CyberSentriq partners with over 3,200 MSPs and protects over 150,000 SMBs globally1

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. The company plans to expand the platform with additional backup, email, web security and security awareness capabilities while continuing to build out its AI layer2

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