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Guardsix vs Proficio

Guardsix is a European security company that sells a sovereign security platform for lean defenders, with products for SIEM, NDR, SOAR, fleet management and access governance. Proficio sells managed detection and response (MDR) services. CISO Tribune files both under SIEM. 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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Guardsix vs Proficio: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
GuardsixGuardsix is a European security company that sells a sovereign security platform for lean defenders, with products for SIEM, NDR, SOAR, fleet management and access governance.guardsix.comProficioProficio sells managed detection and response (MDR) services.proficio.com
What it sells
  • Guardsix SIEM[4][7][8][9][10]A SIEM for lean teams defending Europe, with sovereign log management and audit-ready evidence.
  • Guardsix NDR[4][9]Network detection that pairs with Guardsix SIEM across IT and OT.
  • Guardsix SOAR[4][10]The automation and response layer of Guardsix SIEM.
  • Guardsix Governance[4][12]Audit-ready access control, built first for healthcare.
  • ProSOC MDR[1][4][6][7][8][9][14]24/7 monitoring and SOC-as-a-Service powered by the Proficio-hosted SIEM.
  • ProSOC MDR for Microsoft[1][9]Managed detection and response integrated with Microsoft Sentinel SIEM.
  • Active Defense Response[1][4][6]Response-as-a-service that uses SOAR capabilities to automate threat responses.
  • Cyber Exposure Monitoring[4][7]Continuous external threat monitoring for exposed data and Dark Web leaks.
  • Risk Based Vulnerability Management[1]Identifies and prioritizes vulnerabilities and offers a risk score.
Categories
Headquarters
Copenhagen, Denmark[3][8]Not stated on its pages
Founded
Not stated on its pages2010[2][3]
Ownership and funding
Owned by Summa Equity since 2023[3][4][6]Not stated on its pages
Named customers
Not stated on its pagesNot stated on its pages
Recent news
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G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: Not stated on its pages
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
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  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
From its own pages, Guardsix sells mainly to lean security teams at European organisations in energy, healthcare, government and public services. It also addresses MSSPs and security service providers that run many customer environments. It names critical national infrastructure operators as a focus, and it describes its NDR for complex, regulated environments with IT/OT infrastructure. Guardsix Governance is aimed first at hospital IT and compliance teams. Guardsix frames its offer around organisations accountable to NIS2, DORA and GDPR, and says it is on-prem by default.Not written yet
Last verified
September 27, 2026November 6, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Guardsix and Proficio are both filed under SIEM.

Where they differ, field by field

  • Guardsix's primary category is SIEM; Proficio's is MDR and managed SOC.
  • Guardsix is also filed under SOAR and security automation and Network detection and response. Proficio is also filed under Vulnerability management and Breach simulation and automated pen-testing.
  • Guardsix lists Guardsix SIEM, Guardsix NDR, Guardsix SOAR and Guardsix Governance. Proficio lists ProSOC MDR, ProSOC MDR for Microsoft, Active Defense Response, Cyber Exposure Monitoring and Risk Based Vulnerability Management.
  • Guardsix is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Proficio was founded in 2010.
  • Guardsix is owned by Summa Equity, since 2023.

What it sells: Guardsix

What Guardsix SIEM does[4][7][8][9][10]
Guardsix SIEM delivers sovereign log management across hybrid, on-prem, OT and cloud. It is self-hosted and air-gappable, with node-based pricing. Ready-to-use content packs are aligned with NIS2, DORA and GDPR requirements.
What Guardsix NDR does[4][9]
Guardsix NDR pairs with Guardsix SIEM as one platform. It uses machine-learning analytics and stitches related signals into a single timeline across the seven phases of an attack. Guardsix says any analyst on a lean team can use it productively from day one.
What Guardsix SOAR does[4][10]
Guardsix SOAR provides automated investigation and response workflows built into the same platform as Guardsix SIEM. Playbooks execute locally.
What Guardsix Governance does[4][12]
Guardsix Governance for Healthcare gives hospital IT and compliance teams the visibility, reporting and audit trails that healthcare regulators expect. Reviewers comment, approve and escalate in-browser, and every action is preserved alongside the evidence.

What it sells: Proficio

What ProSOC MDR does[1][4][6][7][8][9][14]
ProSOC MDR offers continuous security monitoring, advanced threat detection, automated response-as-a-service, risk-based vulnerability management and Dark Web monitoring. The Proficio-hosted SIEM generates security alerts based on Proficio Content from client security logs and events. Proficio forwards valid threats or risks to the client with summarized guided remediation.
What ProSOC MDR for Microsoft does[1][9]
ProSOC MDR for Microsoft Sentinel offers 24/7 monitoring, automated threat response and managed SIEM services. ProSOC MDR provides expert configuration, access to 300+ threat detection use cases and the Threat Intelligence Profiler for Microsoft Sentinel deployment.
What Active Defense Response does[1][4][6]
Active Defense for Endpoint isolates devices from the network, blocks malicious processes and removes artifacts. Proficio offers the option of automating the response to high priority threats by adding Active Defense Response to a ProSOC MDR service.
What Risk Based Vulnerability Management does[1]
Proficio Risk-Based Vulnerability Management identifies vulnerabilities, prioritizes them for resolution and offers a risk score benchmarked against similar companies in the healthcare industry. Proficio Risk-Based Vulnerability Management helps fulfill PCI requirements by identifying vulnerabilities and applying patches based on risk ranking. ProSOC MDR with Risk-based Vulnerability Management prioritizes vulnerabilities based on exploit risk in hospitality, asset criticality and known activity.

Questions about Guardsix and Proficio

What do Guardsix and Proficio sell?
Guardsix sells Guardsix SIEM, Guardsix NDR, Guardsix SOAR and Guardsix Governance. Proficio sells ProSOC MDR, ProSOC MDR for Microsoft, Active Defense Response, Cyber Exposure Monitoring and Risk Based Vulnerability Management.
Are Guardsix and Proficio in the same category?
They share SIEM. Guardsix's primary category is SIEM and Proficio's is MDR and managed SOC.
Where are Guardsix and Proficio headquartered?
Guardsix is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.
When were Guardsix and Proficio founded?
Proficio was founded in 2010.
Who owns Guardsix and Proficio?
Guardsix is owned by Summa Equity, since 2023.
Who are Guardsix and Proficio sold to?
From its own pages, Guardsix sells mainly to lean security teams at European organisations in energy, healthcare, government and public services.

About Guardsix

Guardsix is a European security company that sells a sovereign security platform for lean defenders, with products for SIEM, NDR, SOAR, fleet management and access governance.[1][14]

Guardsix says its platform is aimed at European organisations that protect society, such as energy, healthcare and public services, and the partners who serve them. Guardsix says cloud-first security shifts control away from defenders while leaving accountability behind, and says it closes that gap by giving customers control over their data, deployment and operations. Guardsix says it designs for European legal and operational requirements, partners with regional cloud providers, and offers on-prem and sovereign-ready deployments. Guardsix offers on-demand or instructor-led training to help analysts grow from day one.

Guardsix SIEM is for lean teams defending Europe in energy, healthcare and government, and for the MSSPs who serve them. Guardsix says it delivers sovereign log management across hybrid, on-prem, OT and cloud environments, and continuous audit-ready evidence for NIS2, DORA and GDPR Article 32. Guardsix SIEM is self-hosted and air-gappable, and its pricing is node-based, so spend scales with the infrastructure rather than with data volume. Content packs aligned with NIS2, DORA and GDPR requirements are ready to use. Guardsix SIEM brings logs from IT estates, OT environments, identity systems, network devices and applications into a single instance that the customer controls.[7][9][11]

Guardsix NDR pairs with Guardsix SIEM as one platform with a chain of events across IT and OT. Guardsix says it uses machine-learning analytics and stitches related signals into a timeline across the seven phases of an attack. Guardsix says Guardsix NDR is designed so any analyst on a lean team can use it productively from day one. Guardsix SOAR is the automation and response layer of Guardsix SIEM, and its playbooks execute locally. Alerts from Guardsix SIEM and NDR enter SOAR with full context already attached, and Guardsix SOAR can expand with hundreds of additional integrations across EDR, identity, cloud and OT.[9][10]

Guardsix Governance for Healthcare gives hospital IT and compliance teams the visibility, reporting and audit trails that healthcare regulators expect. Guardsix says the access control model it built first for healthcare applies to any regulated environment where access has to be visible, explainable and defensible.[12]

Guardsix describes two audiences. For critical national infrastructure operators, Guardsix says it helps them. Guardsix points to hospitals, energy grids, water management and transportation as systems whose failure harms communities. Guardsix says it prices by the number of nodes, devices or entities in an environment.[13]

Guardsix was formerly Logpoint, which officially announced its transformation into Guardsix on March 12, 2026. Guardsix traces its history to a company founded in Denmark as a cybersecurity consulting business. Swedish investment firm Summa Equity acquired a majority stake in Logpoint, and Guardsix names Summa as its majority investor. Logpoint acquired the Danish cybersecurity company Muninn, specialised in AI-driven NDR. Logpoint also acquired the Israeli company SecBI, specialising in SOAR, XDR and automated threat detection. Mikkel Drucker joined Logpoint as CEO. Guardsix A/S carries the company reg. no. 26 30 19 39, and Guardsix says it is EU-HQ and EU-governed.[1][2][5][10][11][12]

Guardsix on the record

Sources

Guardsix full record

  1. [1]Command centreGuardsix · guardsix.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]34576478235293 Logpoint is now guardsixGuardsix · servicedesk.guardsix.com · published March 12, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Summa equity invests in logpoint to create european cybersecurity powerhouseSumma Equity · summaequity.com · published March 2, 2023 · Tier A
  4. [4]Guardsix | Your closest ally in cyber securityGuardsix · undated page, accessed October 25, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Product UpdatesGuardsix · undated page, accessed October 25, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]About guardsix | European Cybersecurity AllyGuardsix · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Guardsix SIEM | Built for Lean Security TeamsGuardsix · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Guardsix for Compliance | NIS2Guardsix · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Guardsix NDR | Network Detection & ResponseGuardsix · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Guardsix SOAR | Security Automation & ResponseGuardsix · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Guardsix Fleet | Centralised Security OperationsGuardsix · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Guardsix Governance | Audit-ready access controlGuardsix · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Guardsix Pricing | Predictable Cyber Security Platform CostsGuardsix · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Master Terms of Service for SaaS-version of Logpoint SIEMGuardsix · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A

Proficio full record

  1. [1]proficio.comProficio · proficio.com · undated page, accessed November 6, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]About usProficio · proficio.com · undated page, accessed November 6, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Proficio named soc team of the yearProficio · proficio.com · published February 3, 2022 · Tier A
  4. [4]Next-Gen MDR & Agentic AI SOC Services | ProficioProficio · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Agentic AI SOC | Proficio – AI-Powered Managed Detection & ResponseProficio · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]ProSOC XDR: SOC-as-a-Service powered by a fully-hosted SIEMProficio · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Safeguard Hospitality Data with ProSOC® MDRProficio · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]ProSOC MDR: Proactive defense against cyber threats in the healthcare sectorProficio · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]ProSOC® MDR for Microsoft Sentinel | 24/7 Threat Detection & ResponseProficio · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Resolve Endpoint Security Challenges with Proficio® ProSOC MDRProficio · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]ProSOC MDR Services for Law Firms and Corporate Legal DepartmentsProficio · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]ProSOC® MDR for Financial Services: Cybersecurity and Ransomware ProtectionProficio · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]ProSOC® MDR Services: Cybersecurity for Manufacturing - Ransomware Protection & Active DefenseProficio · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Proficio Cybersecurity Solutions | Protecting Your Business from Cyber ThreatsProficio · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]Strengthen Compliance Efforts with Expert MDR Services | ProficioProficio · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A

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