Guardz is a company that provides an AI-powered, unified cybersecurity platform designed specifically for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to secure and insure small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) against a wide range of cyber threats. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Guardz co-founder and CEO Dor Eisner to learn more.
Dor Eisner’s Background
Credit: Doron Letzter
Could you tell me more about your background? Eisner said:
“I’m the CEO and Co-Founder of Guardz, where we’re focused on empowering MSPs to build a safer digital world for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).”
“Cybersecurity has been my focus for more than 20 years, during which I’ve gained hands-on experience in threat intelligence and security operations. Before founding Guardz, I was a founding executive member at IntSights (acquired by Rapid7), where I developed a deep understanding of the evolving threat landscape, particularly across the dark web.”
“What drives me today is the opportunity to take that knowledge and make it actionable for Managed Service Providers (MSPs), helping them protect the businesses that form the backbone of our economy. At Guardz, we’re building solutions that put comprehensive, AI-powered security within reach for every business, no matter its size.”
Formation Of The Company
How did the idea for the company come together? Eisner shared:
“We recognized a massive gap in cybersecurity for SMBs, particularly those supported by MSPs. These businesses are prime targets for cyberattacks, yet they don’t have the in-house expertise to manage their own cybersecurity, and legacy enterprise tools are often too complex, too fragmented, and too costly for them to implement. Meanwhile, most MSPs are utilizing up to 10 different platforms to secure their clients, creating fragmentation, blind spots, and alert fatigue. We set out to build something radically more streamlined, smarter, and purpose-built for the MSPs that serve the SMB ecosystem, enabling them to provide the highest level of cyber protection through our AI-native, unified platform.
Core Products
What are the company’s core products and features? Eisner explained:
“At the heart of Guardz is our AI-native unified detection and response platform, purpose-built for MSPs to secure SMBs. The platform consolidates protection across identities, endpoints, emails, cloud environments, and data – all from a single multi-tenant dashboard.”
“We offer 24/7 Managed Detection and Response (MDR), combining AI-automated threat detection with real-time behavioral analytics and human-led threat hunting. Recent enhancements include our new Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) feature, which tackles identity-based attacks like session hijacking and credential abuse with advanced anomaly detection and AI triage.”
“Most recently, Guardz expanded its unified protection stack through a strategic partnership with Check Point, embedding Harmony Email directly into the Guardz platform. This brings advanced, inline API-based email security into the same multi-tenant dashboard, strengthening protection against phishing, BEC, and AI-driven email threats while reducing tool sprawl for MSPs.”
“Guardz also offerslaunched the Ultimate Plan, integrating SentinelOne’s best-in-class endpoint protection (EDR) natively into our platform, which helps further streamline workflows and reduces the need for MSPs to juggle multiple tools. This plan delivers automated remediation, real-time SOC support, and deep context across all security layers, allowing MSPs to take swift, informed action with minimal effort.”
“The Guardz solution is designed to reduce complexity and manual work, while providing best-in-class cybersecurity and helping MSPs scale their businesses.”
Challenges Faced
Have you faced any challenges in your sector of work recently? Eisner acknowledged:
“The challenge has always been delivering enterprise-grade cybersecurity without enterprise complexity. The way we’ve addressed that is by leaning into AI and automation – not just as features, but as the foundation of the solution. We built the platform from the ground up to unify detection, connect the dots across attack surfaces, and simplify security for MSPs managing dozens of SMB clients.”
Evolution Of The Company’s Technology
How has the company’s technology evolved since launching? Eisner noted:
“We’ve evolved from offering foundational protection into delivering a full-scale MDR solution, integrating AI at every layer from detection to response. We’ve also embedded behavioral analytics, expanded native integrations with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, improved our expert-led threat hunting capabilities, and enhanced automation to cut manual effort for MSPs dramatically.”
Significant Milestones
What have been some of the company’s most significant milestones? Eisner cited:
“In the past year alone, Guardz has tripled its workforce, expanded operations into Australia, Canada, and EMEA, and achieved a 3500% increase in annual recurring revenue. We secured a $56 million Series B funding round – bringing our total funding to $84 million – and established strategic partnerships with major distributors including Pax8, Manage Protect, iON, and Infinigate Cloud.”
“Guardz’s leadership team has grown with key hires, including a CFO and CHROISO, and the formation of the Guardz Advisory Board, which brings together top MSP voices from North America and Canada to help shape the future of our platform.”
“We’re also proud to have been recognized as a Cybersecurity Breakthrough Award winner for Managed Security Solution of the Year and a Top InfoSec Innovator in MDR, which are milestones that affirm our momentum and innovation in protecting the businesses that power the global economy.”
Funding/Revenue
Are you able to discuss funding and/or revenue metrics? Eisner revealed:
“In 2025 weWe recently raised a Series B, securing $56M led by ClearSky, with backing from top-tier investors like SentinelOne, Hanaco, and Glilot. Our annual recurring revenue grew by 3500% in 20254 – a testament to the demand for scalable, AI-powered cybersecurity for SMBs.”
Total Addressable Market (TAM)
What total addressable market (TAM) size is the company pursuing? Eisner assessed:
“Guardz is focused on the global SMB cybersecurity market, which was worth roughly $25 billion in 2024 and is expected to triple in growth to approximately $70 billion by 2034. This growth is fueled by a surge in digital dependency, escalating cyber threats, and mounting regulatory pressures.”
“SMBs make up roughly 90% of all businesses globally, generating 70% of global employment, and contributing up to 70% of global GDP. Simultaneously, we uniquely cater to the Managed Services Market, which is expected to reach over $730 billion by 2030. Small businesses are increasingly reliant on MSPs for IT and security support – positioning Guardz, with its AI-native, MSP-first platform, to meet and capitalize on a critical need at a global scale.”
Differentiation From The Competition
What differentiates the company from its competition?
“Unlike traditional solutions or competitors that address parts of the security landscape, Guardz offers a comprehensive MDR platform tailored to the realities and needs of SMBs and MSPs alike. Our multi-tenant, white-label environment is designed specifically for MSPs, enabling them to efficiently deliver scalable, AI-native, unified cybersecurity solutions aligned with their SMB clients’ business and productivity needs. In many cases, Guardz helps reduce cybersecurity overhead by up to 75%.”
Future Company Goals
What are some of the company’s future goals? Eisner concluded:
“We’re laser-focused on scaling our go-to-market efforts, especially in the US, and expanding our next-generation, unified platform’s capabilities, including deeper automation and enhanced threat hunting. We’re also investing in R&D and doubling down on partnerships to support our growing MSP ecosystem in new markets, to better enable MSPs to secure small businesses against the growing number of cyberattacks against them.”
