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CyberProof vs Guardare

CyberProof is a cloud first security operations company and a Managed Detection & Response provider for global enterprises. Guardare sells a platform that connects data from existing security tools to uncover exposures, prioritize what matters, and give teams clear next steps across people, devices, software, and cloud. CISO Tribune files both under Exposure prioritisation and CTEM and Vulnerability management. This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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CyberProof vs Guardare: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
CyberProofCyberProof is a cloud first security operations company and a Managed Detection & Response provider for global enterprises.cyberproof.comGuardareGuardare sells a platform that connects data from existing security tools to uncover exposures, prioritize what matters, and give teams clear next steps across people, devices, software, and cloud.guardare.com
What it sells
  • Agentic MXDR[1][5]A co-managed service that connects AI agents, expert analysts and CDC Reveal360 outcome intelligence.
  • Cybersecurity Estate Management[7]A service that discovers, classifies and contextualizes assets.
  • CDC Reveal360[5][10]The place where people interact with CyberProof platform and service data.
  • GuardScan[7][10]An agent that collects Active Directory over LDAP data for on-premises domains.
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Headquarters
Not stated on its pagesClearwater, United States[2]
Founded
Not stated on its pages2023[3]
Ownership and funding
Not stated on its pagesPrivately held[2][3][14]
Named customers
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Recent news
Not stated on its pages
  • October 19, 2026Guardare announced the closing of an oversubscribed $5.6M follow-on funding round, bringing its total funding to $10.7M.[13]
  • July 15, 2026Guardare was highlighted by MES Computing on its 2026 MES Midmarket 100 list.[2]
  • February 9, 2026Guardare announced a strategic channel partnership with Amicis Group Ltd., its second official channel partner in the United Kingdom and Ireland.[12]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: Not stated on its pages
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: listed, seen November 10, 2026[14]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
From its own pages, CyberProof sells mainly to global enterprises moving to cloud-native environments. CyberProof addresses cybersecurity challenges in the Retail industry through managed services. Its customers include a global provider of dental and pharmaceutical products and a European-based global pharmaceutical company that offers tests and systems for disease diagnosis. One customer looked for a partner willing to work in a hybrid model where cloud and on-premises resources could be jointly assessed. CDC Reveal360 shows risk burndown and outcomes for CISOs, service delivery teams, compliance teams and customized personas.From its own pages, Guardare sells mainly to organizations of all sizes, with wording aimed at lean IT teams, enterprise security teams, and teams that build repeatable client security reviews. Guardare says it provides organizations with tools for SMB risk management and risk prioritization. Guardare shows separate SLED and nonprofit rates, so SLED and nonprofit organizations are among the buyers it addresses. Guardare connects to customers' existing tools through read-only connections, and customers can purchase directly from Guardare or through a partner.
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November 12, 2026October 19, 2026

Where they overlap

  • CyberProof and Guardare are both filed under Exposure prioritisation and CTEM and Vulnerability management.

Where they differ, field by field

  • CyberProof's primary category is MDR and managed SOC; Guardare's is Exposure prioritisation and CTEM.
  • CyberProof is also filed under Penetration testing and red team services. Guardare is also filed under Cyber asset inventory (CAASM).
  • CyberProof lists Agentic MXDR, Cybersecurity Estate Management and CDC Reveal360. Guardare lists GuardScan.
  • Guardare is headquartered in Clearwater, United States.
  • Guardare was founded in 2023.
  • Guardare is privately held.

What it sells: CyberProof

What Agentic MXDR does[1][5]
CyberProof Agentic MXDR connects AI agents, expert analysts and CDC Reveal360 outcome intelligence into one co-managed service. The service provides 24/7 expert-led threat detection, triage, investigation, response and continuous improvement. Human analysts remain in the loop to validate outcomes, manage complex incidents and guide response decisions.
What Cybersecurity Estate Management does[7]
CyberProof's Cybersecurity Estate Management continuously discovers, classifies and contextualizes assets. It groups assets as managed, unmanaged or suspicious based on security coverage. It uncovers known and unknown assets across cloud, on-prem and hybrid estates.
What CDC Reveal360 does[5][10]
CDC Reveal360 is where people interact with CyberProof platform and service data. It has a widget based customizable user interface layer and caters for different personas who have different needs. For managed service customers it shows incidents handled, SLAs met, security posture trends and service metrics.

What it sells: Guardare

What GuardScan does[7][10]
GuardScan collects Active Directory over LDAP data for on-premises domains. GuardScan is a component of Guardare's unified cybersecurity platform.

Questions about CyberProof and Guardare

What do CyberProof and Guardare sell?
CyberProof sells Agentic MXDR, Cybersecurity Estate Management and CDC Reveal360. Guardare sells GuardScan.
Are CyberProof and Guardare in the same category?
They share Exposure prioritisation and CTEM and Vulnerability management. CyberProof's primary category is MDR and managed SOC and Guardare's is Exposure prioritisation and CTEM.
Where are CyberProof and Guardare headquartered?
Guardare is headquartered in Clearwater, United States.
When were CyberProof and Guardare founded?
Guardare was founded in 2023.
Who owns CyberProof and Guardare?
Guardare is privately held.
Who are CyberProof and Guardare sold to?
From its own pages, CyberProof sells mainly to global enterprises moving to cloud-native environments. From its own pages, Guardare sells mainly to organizations of all sizes, with wording aimed at lean IT teams, enterprise security teams, and teams that build repeatable client security reviews.
What have CyberProof and Guardare announced recently?
October 19, 2026: Guardare announced the closing of an oversubscribed $5.6M follow-on funding round, bringing its total funding to $10.7M.

About CyberProof

CyberProof is a cloud first security operations company and a Managed Detection & Response provider for global enterprises. CyberProof is a UST company that supports enterprises as they migrate to cloud-native environments. CyberProof delivers threat-led, co-managed security operations. CyberProof has achieved ISO-27001 certification and the Type 2 SOC 2 audit. Interpres Security, a startup providing Exposure Management and Defensive Optimization, was acquired by CyberProof in 2024.[2][3]

CyberProof Agentic MXDR connects AI agents, expert analysts and CDC Reveal360 outcome intelligence into one co-managed service. CyberProof's Agentic MXDR service provides 24/7 expert-led threat detection, triage, investigation, response and continuous improvement. CyberProof Agentic MXDR orchestrates the collaboration of Microsoft, Google, third-party, client-developed and CyberProof agents across one governed security service.[1][5]

Agents in Agentic MXDR help identify detection gaps, inactive rules, telemetry issues and opportunities for tuning. XProfiler tailors threat profiles to a customer's tech stack, geography and industry using AI-driven enrichment and correlation. ThreatX automates hypothesis generation and query creation across multiple data sources. ReMEDRion performs automated, weekly EDR health checks to ensure coverage, policy compliance and detection readiness. GapGuard validates and enriches MITRE mappings, identifying gaps and suggesting improvements to enhance detection quality. Spectra continuously discovers, classifies and inventories assets across environments, mapping them to owners and controls. CyberForge automates HLD generation using reference libraries, contextual inputs and interactive refinements.[5][6]

CyberProof's Cybersecurity Estate Management continuously discovers, classifies and contextualizes assets. Cybersecurity Estate Management groups assets as managed, unmanaged or suspicious based on security coverage. Cybersecurity Estate Management continuously uncovers all known and unknown assets across cloud, on-prem and hybrid estates. By connecting with existing security tools and cloud data, Cybersecurity Estate Management automatically enriches assets with business and security context, including ownership, sensitivity and vulnerability exposure. CyberProof uncovers the AI agents, LLM providers and MCP servers across an enterprise, whether sanctioned or not. CyberProof discovers and classifies assets across AWS, Azure and GCP.[1][7][11]

The CyberProof Threat Exposure Management Platform, powered by Interpres, operationalizes TTP-based cyber threat intelligence. The CyberProof Threat Exposure Management Platform continuously scans an organization's entire digital ecosystem including assets, to ensure defensive controls align to the threats targeting the organization. The CyberProof Threat Exposure Management Platform evaluates the risk associated with each vulnerability or exposure, considering the likelihood of exploitation and the potential impact on the organization. Interpres collector integrations are light-weight, agentless and connected by read-only APIs. Collector integrations allow Interpres to ingest data from security tooling to understand current coverage and to identify and prioritize recommended defensive actions. CyberProof has partnered with Interpres Security to offer a custom Defense Readiness Self-Assessment that provides a continuous threat and exposure management (CTEM) view into organizations. CyberProof covers Cloud Security, Data Security, AI Security, Vuln Management, Pen Testing and IAM Security.[1][2][8][9][11]

CDC Reveal360 is where people interact with CyberProof platform and service data. CDC Reveal360 has a widget based customizable user interface layer and caters for different personas who have different needs. CDC Reveal360 shows what CyberProof is doing: incidents handled, SLAs met, security posture trends and service metrics. CDC Reveal360 visualizes analysis from Interpres: threat-defense coverage gaps, exposure prioritization and estate visibility. The CyberProof Defense Center (CDC) platform supports collaborative, real-time security operations for all stakeholders through orchestration and smart automation.[10][11]

CyberProof worked with Microsoft to provision and deploy Microsoft XDR and integrate it with a client's current Managed Detection & Response service with CyberProof. CyberProof addresses the cybersecurity challenges in the Retail industry through its managed services, tools and methodologies.[1][2][5][7][11][12]

CyberProof on the record

Sources

CyberProof full record

  1. [1]cyberproof.comcyberproof.com · undated page, accessed November 12, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Threat-Led Defense | Asset, Exposure and Defense ManagementCyberProof · undated page, accessed November 12, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Cybersecurity Innovation – CyberProofCyberProof · undated page, accessed November 12, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]About Us | CyberProofCyberProof · undated page, accessed November 12, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Agentic MXDRCyberProof · undated page, accessed November 12, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Agentic AI for Modern Security OperationsCyberProof · undated page, accessed November 12, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Cybersecurity Estate ManagementCyberProof · undated page, accessed November 12, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Threat Exposure Management Platform TourCyberProof · undated page, accessed November 12, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]CyberProof Technology Integrations | Seamless Security PlatformCyberProof · undated page, accessed November 12, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]CDC Reveal360CyberProof · undated page, accessed November 12, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Solutions – CyberProofCyberProof · undated page, accessed November 12, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Retail Cybersecurity: Challenges and SolutionsCyberProof · undated page, accessed November 12, 2026 · Tier A

Guardare full record

  1. [1]guardare.comGuardare · guardare.com · undated page, accessed October 19, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Guardare Recognized on the Prestigious 2026 MES Midmarket 100 ListGuardare · published July 15, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Seed fundingGuardare · guardare.com · published June 9, 2025 · Tier A
  4. [4]Unified Exposure Management Platform | GuardareGuardare · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Unified Exposure Management for Security Leaders | GuardareGuardare · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Unified Exposure Visibility & Risk Prioritization | GuardareGuardare · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]200+ IT and Security Integrations | GuardareGuardare · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Insurance CISO Case Study Download | GuardareGuardare · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Unified Exposure Management Pricing | GuardareGuardare · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Service Level Agreement | GuardareGuardare · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]About Guardare | Unified Exposure ManagementGuardare · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Guardare Expands in UKI with Amicis Group PartnershipGuardare · published February 9, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Guardare Raises $5.6 MillionGuardare · published October 19, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Guardare Core Platform Reviews & Product DetailsG2 · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier C

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