GuardWare is an Australian Data Centric Security Vendor focused on helping organisations discover, monitor and protect sensitive data wherever it resides, moves or is shared.

Our platform brings together data discovery, real-time monitoring and persistent file protection to give organisations greater visibility and control over sensitive information across Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, file servers, endpoints and broader enterprise environments.

GuardWare DISCOVER helps organisations identify sensitive and regulated data across their data estate, while INSIGHT provides real-time visibility into how information is being accessed, shared and moved. INSIGHT AI extends this capability to the growing use of generative AI, helping organisations understand when sensitive information is copied, pasted or uploaded into AI tools and enabling safer adoption of AI across the business.

GuardWare PROTECT takes a different approach to traditional data security by applying persistent encryption directly to individual files. Protection stays with the data wherever it travels, helping ensure that sensitive information remains unreadable to unauthorised users even if a file is copied, shared externally, stolen or exposed in a breach. Organisations can control who is authorised to access protected information and can revoke access after a file has been distributed.

A key differentiator is GuardWare’s ability to protect complex file types that extend beyond traditional Office and PDF documents, including engineering drawings, CAD files, models, video, images, sensor data, source code and other valuable intellectual property. This makes the platform particularly relevant to organisations operating across complex supply chains, including defence, manufacturing, engineering and other sectors where sensitive information regularly moves between employees, contractors, partners and customers.

GuardWare complements and extends the Microsoft security ecosystem by providing protection across environments and file types that sit beyond traditional Microsoft boundaries, allowing organisations to retain control of sensitive information wherever it goes.

Designed for both growing businesses and large, complex enterprises, GuardWare helps organisations reduce data exposure, strengthen regulatory and security posture, secure collaboration and protect intellectual property without creating unnecessary disruption for users.

GuardWare works through a growing network of channel partners and service providers globally and collaborates with leading academic and industry organisations, including the University of New South Wales, to advance new approaches to data security.

At its core, GuardWare’s philosophy is simple: sensitive data should be able to protect itself, wherever it travels.