Guard Dog Solutions

What Guard Dog Solutions does

GuardDog AI is a Delaware-incorporated cybersecurity company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, that develops an agentless, agentic AI-driven platform for protecting hybrid IT environments — including cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), on-premises data centers, edge, IoT, and unmanaged assets — that are typically invisible to traditional endpoint tools. The platform deploys virtual or physical sensors that passively monitor network telemetry to discover assets, continuously score risk based on actual exploitability and asset value (rather than static CVSS), and autonomously contain active threats in milliseconds by isolating compromised devices. Its product portfolio is modular: Complete Edge Sensor (the core containerized layer), Assess (a fast entry-point assessment), Readiness (continuous monitoring and risk dashboarding), and Response Hours (time-bounded 1- or 3-hour active containment windows).

The business operates on a subscription SaaS model supplemented by hardware sensor sales and multi-tenant enterprise licensing, with pricing negotiated quote-by-quote. Go-to-market combines direct enterprise field sales (targeting CISOs, SecOps, and IT/Infra) with a structured channel partner program for ISVs, MSPs, VARs, and Red Hat-aligned partners. Primary customer segments are healthcare organizations (especially for IoMT protection and HIPAA reporting), retail and distributed enterprises, and DevSecOps teams integrating threat detection into Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines. Strategic integrations include Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, with the Complete Edge Sensor listed in the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog.

GuardDog AI is a privately held company founded in 2019, with approximately 11–50 employees and cumulative disclosed funding of roughly $3.4 million across five rounds between 2019 and 2024. The company was rebranded from Guard Dog Solutions Inc. to GuardDog AI to reflect its agentic AI positioning. Notable named-but-undisclosed customer engagements include securing 15,000+ unmanaged medical devices in a healthcare deployment and continuous risk visibility across 400 global retail endpoints.

Name

Guard Dog Solutions

Legal name

GuardDog Ai, Inc.

Website

https://guarddog.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

GuardDog AI builds an agentless, agentic AI cybersecurity platform that deploys virtual and physical sensors to discover assets, score risk in real time, and autonomously contain threats in milliseconds across cloud, data center, edge, and IoT environments for healthcare, retail, and DevSecOps buyers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agentless AI Cybersecurity Platform

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths) (561621)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Responsible AI, Security & Privacy Platforms (Safety, Guardrails, PII) (HDAEANAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Secure Model Deployment & Runtime Protection (sandboxing, isolation) (HDAAAKAH), Regulatory Readiness & Audit Automation (e.g., EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001) (HDAAAMAE), Responsible AI, AI Governance & Compliance Services (BPAEAHAJ)

Keywords

• Agentless cybersecurity
• Network threat detection
• Autonomous incident containment
• Hybrid cloud security
• Vulnerability risk scoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Salt Lake City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Subscription: GuardDog AI operates primarily as a subscription-based SaaS platform. Access to the GuardDog Platform is granted via subscription, lease/use license as stated in the EULA. The platform offers modular products (Assess, Readiness, Response Hours, Complete Edge Sensor) that can be adopted incrementally, creating land-and-expand upsell dynamics from Assess into Readiness and full coverage.
2. Hardware Sensor Sales: GuardDog offers plug-and-play hardware sensors as part of its product lineup. The EULA references 'hardware security device(s)' as a component of the Platform, indicating hardware is sold as part of or alongside the software subscription.
3. Enterprise Multi-Tenant Subscription: Enterprise subscription tiers include the right to provision distinct, partitioned sub-tenant accounts for wholly-owned corporate affiliates, operational subsidiaries, and designated internal business departments, allowing upsell to larger multi-tenant deployments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

GuardDog AI sells an agentless, agentic AI-driven cybersecurity platform that uses virtual or physical sensors to passively monitor network telemetry across cloud, data center, edge, IoT, and unmanaged environments — discovering assets, scoring risk dynamically, and autonomously containing threats in milliseconds without installing software on endpoints. The portfolio is delivered as four subscription modules (Assess, Readiness, Response Hours, Complete Edge Sensor) plus plug-and-play hardware sensors, with multi-tenant enterprise sub-licensing available for large deployments.

Product overview

GuardDog AI is an agentic, agentless cybersecurity platform architected as a unified portfolio of integrated modules. The core offering is the Complete Edge Sensor — a containerized, hybrid cloud-compatible security layer that provides autonomous threat detection and millisecond containment across cloud, data center, edge, and unmanaged environments without installing software on endpoints. This core sensor powers the broader platform: Assess serves as the initial entry point, delivering fast, affordable security visibility and risk scoring; Readiness upgrades organizations to continuous, always-on monitoring, dashboarding, and dynamic risk scoring; and Response Hours provides time-bounded active containment windows (1-hour or 3-hour) for organizations wanting autonomous containment without a full always-on commitment. All modules share the same agentless sensor architecture and feed into unified risk and compliance reporting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• GuardDog Assess A fast, affordable point-in-time security assessment module that uncovers hidden threats, identifies vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, provides risk scoring with business context, and establishes a roadmap into broader GuardDog protection. Designed as the entry-point offering for enterprise buyers seeking quick proof of value.
• GuardDog Readiness An always-on continuous monitoring and risk dashboarding module providing ongoing visibility, dynamic risk scoring, remediation tracking, benchmarking, and audit/governance support. API-ready integration points connect into SIEM, SOAR, and existing dashboards for unified operations, with API-driven threat detection automatable directly into Kubernetes clusters. Available as an upgrade from Assess or as a standalone starting point.
• GuardDog Response Hours Time-bounded active containment module offering 1-hour or 3-hour response windows during which the platform autonomously isolates threats and prevents lateral movement. Operates with or without Readiness, providing a practical entry point for organizations not yet ready to commit to full always-on deployment.
• GuardDog Complete Edge Sensor The primary agentless, containerized security sensor providing hybrid visibility, behavioral analysis, and real-time autonomous threat containment in milliseconds across cloud, data center, edge, IoT, PoE, and unmanaged assets. Deploys as virtual or physical sensors that passively monitor network telemetry without installing software on endpoints, and is Red Hat Validated for OpenShift and Ansible Automation Platform environments.

Quantifiable outcome

• Secured 15,000+ unmanaged medical devices (IoMT) against ransomware without installing a single agent, achieving zero-day containment and HIPAA compliance
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability6 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Red HatcoreTechnology or Integration · 23 October 2025GuardDog AI's agentic cybersecurity platform, GuardDog Complete Edge Sensor, is available in the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog, supporting hybrid cloud environments with autonomous threat detection and containment integrated with Red Hat's platform and automation tools. The partnership includes validated deployment of virtual sensors on Red Hat OpenShift and direct integration with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform for triggering playbooks from agentic risk scoring.
• Red Hat (Ecosystem / Validation)coreTechnology or IntegrationEnterprise-ready deployment designed alongside Red Hat architectures. Seamlessly runs virtual sensors on OpenShift or connects API data directly with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. GuardDog holds a Red Hat Validated status and is Red Hat Certified, indicating a deep technical integration and co-validation relationship.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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