In today’s cyber landscape, where ransomware and advanced threats silently infiltrate systems and lie dormant for months, MSPs face mounting pressure to do more than just store their customers’ data—they must guarantee its safety and integrity. With nearly 94% of ransomware attacks now targeting backup data directly, the traditional assumption that backups are inherently safe is dangerously outdated ("State of Ransomware” Sophos, 2024).

Enter Druva Threat Watch—a breakthrough in continuous threat monitoring for backup data, built to empower MSPs with proactive security capabilities, greater operational efficiency, and differentiated customer value.

Threat Watch turns Druva’s immutable backups into a live threat detection layer, giving MSPs the confidence to restore clean, uncompromised data and meet compliance expectations without the infrastructure burden.

Threat Watch Provides Proactive Assurance for MSPs

MSPs are increasingly expected to deliver not just recovery services, but assurance of data integrity. Regulatory regimes like DORA and SEC disclosure rules are raising the bar, requiring auditable proof that data has not been compromised and that recovery decisions are informed by evidence, not assumption.

Threat Watch fills a critical blind spot in most organizations' security strategy: the backup repository. While perimeter tools like EDR and SIEM protect the front lines, backup data often goes unmonitored—leaving a gaping vulnerability. Sophisticated attackers exploit this “low and slow” weakness, embedding malware in backups long before being detected in production environments.

By continuously scanning backup snapshots for known and emerging Indicators of Compromise (IOCs), Threat Watch helps MSPs stop dormant threats before they’re restored—closing the loop between cybersecurity and data protection.

Threat Watch Gives MSPs a Zero-Infrastructure Advantage

Threat Watch provides a fully managed, zero-touch security service that’s purpose-built for modern MSP operations. Here’s how:

1. Proactive Threat Detection Without the Overhead

Threat Watch scans all newly indexed restore points three times a day (every 8 hours), without requiring additional hardware, agents, or manual effort.

It even automatically rescans 30 days of historical backups when new threat intel is available—ensuring zero-day and long-dwell threats don’t go unnoticed.

As an MSP, this means you can offer “clean backup assurance” as a service—without the complexity or cost of standing up separate scanning infrastructure.

2. Actionable Alerts and Quarantine for Safer Restores

Threat Watch works proactively and complements our reactive Threat Hunting capabilities. When threats are detected, Threat Watch doesn’t just raise a flag. It auto-quarantines infected snapshots by default and surfaces prioritized alerts via dashboards, email, and integrations with SIEM/SOAR tools. This gives MSP teams and their customers clear, actionable insight into what’s safe to restore—and what isn’t. Threat Hunt can then follow on with a deep forensic investigation. 

The result? Faster response, lower reinfection risk, and dramatically reduced recovery guesswork.

3. Compliance and Reporting That Supports Audit Readiness

Threat Watch generates audit-ready reports aligned with key frameworks including NIST, ISO, HIPAA, DORA, and PCI DSS. For MSPs, this offers a compelling way to demonstrate continuous monitoring, satisfy compliance requests, and even help customers reduce cyber insurance premiums.

This is a strong value-add in regulated verticals like healthcare, finance, and government—where MSPs must increasingly prove the integrity of their services, not just their availability.

4. Zero-Infrastructure, Zero-Latency Advantage

Unlike legacy solutions that struggle with performance drag and infrastructure sprawl, Druva Threat Watch leverages in-place scanning in the cloud. There’s no need to move or uncompress data, which enables Druva to offer the industry’s only Data Movement Latency SLA—ensuring detection and remediation speed that matches real-world pressure.

MSPs can scale their services efficiently across multiple tenants, workloads (AWS EC2, Azure VMs, VMware), and compliance regimes without infrastructure expansion.

Threat Watch in Action: Key Use Cases for MSPs

• Ransomware-Clean Backups: Build a high-value service tier offering regular IOC scan status updates and clean restore guarantees.
  

• Incident Response Support: Help customers identify “patient zero” faster by leveraging retrospective scans of historical backups.
  

• Audit & Compliance Readiness: Provide proactive reports and documentation that satisfy auditor and insurer demands.
  

• Disaster Recovery Drills & Tabletop Exercises: Use Threat Watch telemetry to simulate and validate recovery paths with confidence.
  

A Differentiated Service Offering

In a crowded MSP market, differentiation is essential. With Threat Watch, MSPs can go beyond reactive backup to offer proactive cyber resilience. It’s a compelling value proposition for prospective customers who are asking tougher questions about their security posture:

• Can you guarantee our backups are clean?
  

• How quickly can you verify impact in a breach?
  

• Are you scanning for long-dwell threats?

With Threat Watch, MSPs can confidently answer “Yes”—backed by real-time telemetry, automated reporting, and the integrity of Druva’s cloud-native platform.

Partnering for Resilience

Druva Threat Watch isn't just a feature—it's a shift in how backup is perceived and delivered. For MSPs, it represents a strategic opportunity to:

• Upsell existing customers with an IOC-monitoring service layer.
  

• Win new business by addressing concerns around ransomware reinfection and compliance.
  

• Reduce operational burden with zero-touch, SaaS-based threat monitoring.
  

• Build customer trust through transparency, speed, and cyber resilience assurance.

As threats evolve and regulations tighten, customers will continue demanding more from their MSPs. With Druva Threat Watch, you can meet those expectations head-on—delivering peace of mind, clean recovery, and a powerful new layer of defense.

Conclusion

Druva Threat Watch enables MSPs to rise above the limitations of traditional backup and deliver what today’s market truly demands: verified, malware-free recoverability. By transforming backup into a continuous detection engine, Threat Watch not only protects your customers but also helps your business stand out in a high-stakes, high-opportunity landscape.

Learn more about how Threat Watch can elevate your MSP services and help you deliver next-generation data protection and cyber resilience.