The Guardian Stack

Three Layers of Protection, Built for How Small Businesses Actually Get Breached

Endpoints, identities, and people. Guardian covers all three because attackers don’t limit themselves to just one.

Layer 1

Managed EDR (Endpoint Detection & Response)

Traditional antivirus looks for known bad files. Modern attackers use legitimate tools already on your computer to move around undetected — a technique called “living off the land.” Managed EDR watches behavior, not just file signatures, and puts a human analyst in the loop before anything gets automatically shut down or ignored.

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What’s included

  • 24/7/365 monitoring on every laptop, desktop, and server
  • Human-verified threat detection — a real analyst reviews suspicious activity
  • Ransomware canary files that trigger automatic isolation
  • Process, script, and memory-based attack detection
  • Rapid device isolation to stop lateral movement
  • Monthly reporting you can actually read

What’s included

  • 24/7 monitoring of Microsoft 365 & Active Directory sign-ins
  • Impossible-travel & suspicious login detection
  • Malicious mailbox rule & auto-forwarding detection (a top business email compromise tactic)
  • Privilege escalation & admin account abuse alerts
  • Coordinated lockout & credential reset support
Layer 2

Managed ITDR (Identity Threat Detection & Response)

Most small businesses run their entire company on Microsoft 365. That makes a single stolen password one of the highest-value targets an attacker can get — email, files, calendars, sometimes even accounting access, all behind one login. Managed ITDR watches for the credential-based attacks that never touch a laptop and never trigger antivirus.

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Layer 3

Managed SAT (Security Awareness Training)

Nine out of ten breaches start with a person, not a firewall. AI-written phishing emails now fool people at more than four times the rate of old-fashioned scams. Managed SAT trains your team with short, realistic lessons and real phishing simulations — so the first time your employees see a convincing fake isn’t the day it actually matters.

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What’s included

  • Realistic, ongoing phishing simulations
  • Short training modules employees actually finish
  • Automatic remedial training for repeat clickers
  • Per-employee & company-wide progress tracking
  • Compliance-ready reporting for cyber insurance & audits
Why All Three, Together

Partial Protection Creates a False Sense of Security

A typical attack doesn’t stop at the first locked door — it looks for the next one.

1

An employee clicks a convincing phishing email

Without SAT, this is where most businesses’ defenses already failed — before anything technical even happened.

2

The attacker steals their Microsoft 365 credentials

Without ITDR, nothing is watching for the suspicious login or the mailbox rule quietly forwarding invoices to an outside address.

3

The attacker pivots to a device to deploy ransomware

Without EDR, this is often the first moment anyone notices — and by then, it’s a recovery problem, not a prevention problem.

This is the case for Guardian Complete: each layer alone catches part of the story. Together, they’re accountable to one team, on one bill, watching the whole thing.

Compliance & Cyber Insurance

Increasingly, This Isn’t Optional Anymore

Cyber insurance carriers are tightening requirements every renewal cycle — MFA, endpoint detection, and documented employee training are now common conditions for coverage, not nice-to-haves. Guardian Complete is built to give you the documentation your broker or auditor will ask for.

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See Exactly Where You’re Exposed

A free risk assessment maps your endpoints, your Microsoft 365 environment, and your team’s phishing exposure — in plain English.

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