UpGuard provides a Cyber Risk Posture Management platform that aggregates vendor risk, attack surface, user risk, and trust data into a continuously updated dashboard. The solution uses AI‑driven questionnaire automation, real‑time external asset scanning, and API‑based risk automations to accelerate assessments, trigger remediation workflows, and generate compliance‑ready reports for security and risk teams.
Funding
$19M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Problem
Enterprises struggle with fragmented cyber risk visibility across third‑party vendors, external attack surfaces, and internal workforce behaviors. Manual questionnaires, disparate tools, and delayed monitoring create assessment backlogs and increase exposure to data breaches and compliance failures.
Solution
UpGuard delivers a unified Cyber Risk Posture Management (CRPM) platform that consolidates vendor risk, breach risk, user risk, and trust management into a single, continuously updated dashboard. AI‑enhanced questionnaire automation and automated evidence collection accelerate third‑party assessments, while real‑time threat monitoring scans the digital footprint for data leaks and vulnerabilities. Integrated risk automations expose findings via APIs to trigger notifications, remediation workflows, and ticketing systems, enabling security, compliance, and IT teams to act instantly. The platform also provides framework‑specific compliance templates (ISO 27001, NIST, GDPR, etc.) and role‑based access controls, allowing organizations to measure, manage, and reduce cyber risk across their entire digital ecosystem.
Target Audience
Primary users are security, compliance, and risk management teams in mid‑size to large enterprises—particularly in financial services, technology, and healthcare—that need to oversee third‑party risk, attack surface exposure, and workforce security.
Features
- AI‑driven security questionnaire automation that parses existing documentation and generates answers, reducing manual effort by up to 90%
- Continuous vendor monitoring with automated risk scoring, real‑time alerts, and remediation workflow integration (ServiceNow, Jira, Slack)
- Attack surface management that scans external assets, deep‑ and dark‑web sources, and provides instant security ratings and data‑leak detection
- User risk module that aggregates identity, behavior, and policy signals to create a measurable, security‑first workforce profile
- Trust Exchange hub with a customizable Trust Center for sharing pre‑filled questionnaires, certifications, and a verified security badge with prospects
- Risk Automations API suite for discovery, notification, and automated remediation actions across the risk stack
- Centralized reporting library with executive dashboards, compliance‑ready reports, and FHIR/ISO‑compatible export formats
- Role‑based access control, single sign‑on (Azure AD, Okta, Ping), and data residency options for global compliance