Microsoft Security Copilot
An AI helper for security teams built into Microsoft Defender and Sentinel that explains threats in plain English and bills by the hour.
The AI platform behind Arctic Wolf's 24/7 managed security service, with an AI assistant built with Anthropic.
Aurora is the AI platform behind Arctic Wolf's managed security services, where a named Arctic Wolf team watches a customer's systems around the clock. Aurora AI processes signals from customer systems and flags likely threats for Arctic Wolf's human security team to review. An AI Security Assistant, built with Anthropic, lets customers ask questions about their own security posture right inside the Aurora console. Arctic Wolf reports the platform draws on data from more than 10,000 customer environments and over ten million hours of past investigation work. Arctic Wolf sells this through a concierge model: a named security team handles most day-to-day work, so your own staff does not run the software alone.
This fits a company that wants 24/7 security monitoring without hiring and staffing its own SOC, especially a team with one or two security staff who need backup around the clock. A common starting point is the core MDR package, adding managed risk or awareness training later. Arctic Wolf sells mainly through partners and does not publish list pricing; buyer reports suggest a range of roughly 8 to 18 dollars per endpoint per month, depending heavily on company size and chosen bundle. Treat that as a planning estimate, not a quote. One risk: delivery leans on Arctic Wolf's own team, so you see less of the raw AI reasoning than with a tool you run yourself. Ask about escalation speed during a live incident.
These estimates cover licensing, setup, integrations, staff time, security, administration, and support.
| Cost measure | Low | Base | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-year total | $96.1K | $149.6K | $238K |
| Three-year total | $214.6K | $320.8K | $490.6K |
| First-year cost per unit | $96.1K | $149.6K | $238K |
| Average annual cost per unit (over three years) | $71.5K | $106.9K | $163.5K |
| Component | Low | Base | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licensing and usage | $36K | $48K | $64.8K |
| Implementation | $14.4K | $24K | $40.8K |
| Integration | $15.4K | $28K | $50.4K |
| Staff time and change management | $9.8K | $14K | $19.6K |
| Security | $7.7K | $11K | $16.5K |
| Administration | $5.6K | $7.5K | $10.1K |
| Support | $2.6K | $3.5K | $4.7K |
Estimate assumptions: Based on 1 production deployment. This is a planning allowance, not verified product pricing. Confirm the vendor’s billing unit and current price or quote before budgeting.
Benefits have not been estimated: The current research does not estimate potential savings, return on investment, or how long it would take to recover the cost. Earlier benefit estimates are excluded.
Confirm current product identity, commercial packaging, data processing terms, sign-in and access rules, retention, integrations, support model, implementation effort, and rollback conditions.
Verify identity, package, availability, ownership, pricing, and security evidence before approving a pilot
Do not approve a pilot yet. Verify the current product identity, package, availability, owner, pricing, and security evidence; then define one workflow, a baseline, and rollback criteria.
Define what success looks like for a test of Arctic Wolf Aurora and assign someone to lead it.
Once the requirements above are met, compare a small trial with how your team works today.
Track adoption, output quality, business results, and actual costs against the estimate.
Use the results to decide whether to stop, adjust, or expand the pilot.
Confirm encryption, how the vendor uses your data, customer data separation, how long data stays and how to delete it, activity records, sign-in and user setup, where data is handled, other companies that process data, past incidents, and what your team must manage.
Review before rollout: confirm how to export your data, revoke access, and return to your existing workflow. Assign an owner and test the rollback plan before expanding use.
Do not approve a pilot yet. Verify the current product identity, package, availability, owner, pricing, and security evidence; then define one workflow, a baseline, and rollback criteria.
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