Vectra AI Launches Ascent to Help Partners Address the New Era of AI-Driven Attacks

SAN JOSE, Calif. - September 15, 2026 - Vectra AI, the leader in AI-native security and observability, today announced Vectra AI Ascent, a new global partner program designed to build the expertise, services, and joint capabilities needed to help customers address increasingly complex security challenges.

Attackers are using AI to operate at machine speed, exploiting gaps across the security stack and moving through identities, legitimate credentials, cloud services, and trusted tools. As a result, organizations need greater visibility into where AI is operating across their environments and stronger security outcomes from the technologies they already have rather than simply adding more tools.

Vectra AI is expanding its global partner strategy to meet this shift by building an ecosystem that combines technology, expertise, and services to help customers identify security gaps, modernize security operations, and strengthen resilience. Ascent brings together solution providers, MSSPs, systems integrators, distributors, cloud partners, and strategic technology alliances around that opportunity.

"AI is accelerating how attacks unfold, raising the stakes for organizations that need to understand where they are exposed and how to respond before risk becomes business impact," said Mark Thornberry, senior vice president of partnerships at GuidePoint Security. "Vectra AI gives us a strong foundation to help customers address that challenge across increasingly connected environments. With Ascent, we can build on that foundation with differentiated services and expertise that help customers reduce exposure, respond faster, and build greater resilience against modern attacks."

Unlike a traditional reseller program centered primarily on transactions, Ascent is structured around four ways Vectra AI and its partners can create value together:

• Co-Sell: Win opportunities together through joint account planning, technical validation, and executive alignment.

• Co-Market: Generate demand through campaigns, events, marketing development funds, and partner-ready content.

• Co-Deliver: Expand customer value through implementation, consulting, managed services, and customer success.

• Co-Innovate: Develop integrations, services, and managed offerings that solve broader customer challenges and differentiate partners in the market.

"The market need and opportunity is very clear given the impact AI is having on both security technologies and attacker capabilities. Our technology is recognized as an industry leader in this space, and the Vectra AI Ascent Partner Program is intended to invest in our skilled partner ecosystem to help them deliver meaningful business value to customers," said Chad Reese, senior vice president and global channel chief at Vectra AI. "Organizations are looking for trusted advisors to help them solve the broader AI security challenges that exist today. With the Ascent Program, we are bringing Vectra AI and our partner ecosystem closer together around deep expertise, value-added services, and joint innovation to help customers achieve stronger security outcomes while maximizing the technology investments they've already made."

Partners can progress through three levels: Basecamp, Elevate and Summit - unlocking deeper benefits and joint investment as their business with Vectra AI grows. To learn more about Vectra AI Ascent, visit: https://www.vectra.ai/partners/overview

About Vectra AI 

Vectra AI is the leader in AI-native security and observability. As artificial intelligence changes who and what works inside the enterprise, attackers are exploiting more attack paths, abusing trusted identities, and automating attacks at unprecedented speed and scale. Rooted in more than a decade of behavioral AI and machine learning innovation, Vectra AI helps security teams observe behavior across the enterprise, understand attacker activity, signal what matters, and act with confidence. The result is reduced attack exposure, removal of attack paths, and faster detection, investigation and response through agentic SOC automation. With 39 patents, recognition as a Leader in the 2025 and 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Network Detection and Response, and the trust of more than 2,000 organizations worldwide, Vectra AI secures the AI enterprise.

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