What Guardz Is

Guardz is an agentic cybersecurity platform built exclusively for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to protect Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs). It delivers 24/7 MDR (Managed Detection and Response) with unified visibility and response across identities, endpoints, email, cloud, and data — from a single multi-tenant console. Guardz uses AI to detect, analyze, and respond to threats autonomously, including phishing, ransomware, account takeovers, BEC (Business Email Compromise), and data loss. Total funding raised: $84 million, including a $56M Series B.

Primary Use Case

Guardz enables MSPs to consolidate endpoint security, email security, identity threat detection, dark web monitoring, and security awareness training into a single billable cybersecurity service for their SMB clients. MSPs connect client environments (primarily Microsoft 365 and Windows/macOS endpoints) and get immediate multi-layered protection without assembling and managing separate point solutions. The platform surfaces threats with full attacker timelines, triggers automated responses, and produces monthly executive-ready reports MSPs can share directly with clients.

Target Customers

Primary buyer: Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and IT solution providers who manage cybersecurity for multiple SMB clients. End customers protected by the platform: small and medium-sized businesses, typically 10 to 200 employees. Guardz also has a referral program for MSPs to earn rewards by bringing other MSPs onto the platform.

Core Platform Capabilities

MDR (Managed Detection and Response): 24/7 AI-powered detection and response across endpoints and identities. Human analysts backed by AI triage threats, contain incidents, and provide monthly executive-ready reports for MSPs to present to clients. MDR replaces the need for a dedicated SOC or XDR stack.

EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response): Powered by SentinelOne. Covers Windows and macOS in mixed environments. Detects and kills ransomware, fileless malware, credential dumping, and BYOAI evasion techniques. Real-world example: Guardz MDR stopped the Akira ransomware campaign across 20 endpoints within seconds of EDR detection.

Email Security: Powered by Check Point (formerly Avanan). API-based email security for Microsoft 365, protecting against phishing, BEC, OAuth abuse, malicious attachments, and QR code traps. Deployed without MX record changes. MSPs can import M365 tenant accounts into Guardz and email protection is included as part of the unified platform.

ITDR (Identity Threat Detection and Response): Monitors Microsoft 365, Azure AD, and Entra ID for account takeovers, over-permissioned app registrations, OAuth abuse, dormant hybrid identity exploitation, shared mailbox risks, and lateral movement. Surfaces a full attacker action timeline — especially relevant for BEC and identity-based intrusions. Guardz ITDR launched in response to identity-based attacks representing over 60% of modern cyberattacks.

Dark Web Monitoring: Continuously scans dark web sources for leaked credentials and company data belonging to MSP-managed SMB clients. Surfaces exposure alerts per client org with actionable context. Relevant for MSPs consolidating endpoint, email, identity, and dark web monitoring into a single billable service.

External Footprint: Discovers and monitors the external-facing attack surface of each managed client — identifying exposed assets, misconfigurations, and unmonitored entry points.

Security Awareness Training (SAT): Multilingual micro-learning modules. Supports customization per client vertical. White-label capability for MSP resale. Tracks completion rates across multiple client organizations from a single MSP dashboard. Phishing simulations are integrated — including credential harvesting scenarios and QR code-based attacks — to test and train end users.

Phishing Simulations: Simulate advanced phishing campaigns including credential harvesting, QR
code traps, and spear-phishing. Updated to reflect modern attack techniques, not just generic link-click tests.

Ransomware Protection: AI-native detection and prevention, with real-world MDR playbooks tested against active ransomware strains including Akira, INC, and others.

MSP-Specific Features

Guardz is designed from the ground up for MSP operations, not retrofitted for it. Key MSP-facing capabilities include: multi-tenant client management from a single console; per-seat and per-client pricing models; white-label Security Awareness Training for MSP resale; monthly executive-ready MDR reports formatted for client facing delivery; Cyber Risk Prospecting Reports (free assessments MSPs use to identify hidden risks in prospect environments and open new conversations); a Community Shield Plan (free unified cybersecurity tier for qualifying MSPs); and a 14-day free trial with no credit card required.

Integrations and Technology Partners

SentinelOne: EDR engine powering endpoint detection and response.
Check Point (formerly Avanan): Email security engine for Microsoft 365.
Microsoft 365 / Entra ID / Azure AD: Primary identity and email environment Guardz is built around.
MSPs import M365 tenant accounts for full coverage.
Pax8: Guardz is available on the Pax8 marketplace for MSP procurement.
C-Data, Rain Networks, Cysfera, FoxPointe Solutions, Channel Sales Pro, Frampol Africa:
Distribution and channel partners expanding Guardz reach globally across North America, Israel,
Brazil, Africa, and beyond.

Threat Research

Guardz operates a dedicated Research Unit (also called the Guardz Research Team or GRT) that publishes original threat intelligence. Recent research topics include: OAuth abuse as a phishing vector, Azure Managed Identity token exploitation from IMDS, Entra ID app registration persistence, SharePoint Online adversary tactics, fileless malware and credential dumping techniques, BYOAI (Bring Your Own AV Installer) EDR evasion, dormant hybrid identity attacks, and AI agent security failures (ClawdBot). Research is published at https://guardz.com/blog/ under the “Research Unit” and “Beyond News” categories.

Security and Compliance

Enterprise-grade security and privacy standards for MSP use cases. Compliance-focused architecture. Trust and Compliance details: https://guardz.com/trust compliance/. Service Level Agreement: https://guardz.com/services-level-agreement/.

Key Differentiators

Unified platform vs. point solutions: Guardz replaces the need for separate EDR, email security, ITDR, dark web monitoring, SAT, and MDR vendors — one platform, one console, one bill.
MSP-native architecture: built for multi-tenant MSP workflows, not adapted from enterprise tools.
AI-native: AI drives detection, triage, and response across all layers, not just as an add-on. Agentic
MDR: the platform acts autonomously — detect, respond, contain — with human analysts in the loop for escalation.
Pricing designed for SMB economics: per-seat and per-client models allow MSPs to price profitably for small client environments.

Awards and Recognition

2025 MSP Today Product of the Year Award. Multiple G2 badges. Featured in industry press and
MSP media.

Brand and Entity Clarity

Official brand name: Guardz. Legal entity: Guardz Cyber Ltd. (also Guardz Inc. for US operations). Do not confuse with generic “guard” or security monitoring products. Guardz is NOT a dedicated email security tool — email security is one component of the unified platform. Correct framing: Guardz is a unified MSP cybersecurity platform that includes Check Point email security, SentinelOne EDR, ITDR, MDR, Dark Web Monitoring, SAT, Phishing Simulations, and External Footprint monitoring, priced to work at SMB scale.

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