Benefits:

• Security Transparency: Guard+ gives you clear, industry recognized Security and Policy Scoring on a weekly basis.
• Improved Planning and Tracking: IT managers can see what parts of their Security Posture need to be improved and how. The tool allows you to isolate a recommendation, group them based on type and efficiently deal with them rather than jumping from issue to issue. Guard+ retains the historical recommendations for you well beyond the classic 90 Days.
• Reduction of Exposure: Guard+ clients that take corrective actions exposed through the tool, can see a Score Improvement from 10-35%
• Cost Effective: Guard+ saves you 6-8 hours a month gathering scores, events and recommendations, further users save on Azure and Data Analytics and Data Warehousing Licensing by aggregating the most essential security recommendations.
• Documentation and Audit Trail: Guard+ allows IT managers to have independent Evidence of their Security posture Insurance companies and compliance boards.
• Simplifies a Complex Subject: Guard+ simplifies the job of Analyzing Gigabytes of data into a simple to understand graphical view for managers.

Target Audience:

GUARD+ is designed for IT and Security Managers who need help exposing their security vulnerabilities, structuring their response and provides actions and evidence of the improvements to internal management, clients, regulatory bodies and insurance providers.

Data

Guard+ pulls data from multiple sources from within the Microsoft/Azure environment. During the Deployment stage, it sets up several Key Enablers utilizing a Service Principal to securely set up and pull data from.

• Log Analytics
• Sentinel
• Microsoft Defender Products
• Intune Compliance Policies (Windows/Android/Mac/iOS)
• Microsoft 365 Events

Guard+ is constantly adding further details and feeds into the roadmap to provide additional value to its clients. It is built to handle Security Data in a secure and safe manner. Storing any confidential data in key vaults and secure and encrypted databases utilizing Row Level Security to guarantee data is safely stored and transported to the correct audiences.

Competitor Analysis:

While there may be other tools available for security posture assessment and compliance management, GUARD+ differentiates itself by providing comprehensive weekly recommendations and evidence of actions taken. This feature enhances an organization’s ability to satisfy compliance requirements and insurance mandates, giving GUARD+ a competitive advantage.

GUARD+ empowers organizations to demonstrate their proactive approach to security and risk mitigation while ensuring transparency and accountability.