About GuardKite
Why We Built GuardKite
GuardKite came out of a pattern we kept hitting in our own DevOps workflows. We had no shortage of tools that could generate endless lists of AWS misconfigurations. What none of them told us was which ones an attacker could actually reach, or which vulnerabilities had newly appeared since last week.
Deciding what to fix first was always guesswork. We built GuardKite to be the tool we actually wanted: an AWS security scanner that tells you exactly what changed, what is exposed, and the exact steps to fix it safely.
How We Are Different
No AWS Config Tax
AWS Config records resource configuration over time, and many native posture checks are built on top of it, meaning your costs skyrocket as your infrastructure scales. GuardKite does not use it. We evaluate CIS, NIST, ISO, and PCI DSS controls directly against AWS APIs, meaning zero Config recorder fees and no per-change costs.
Built for Engineers
Most security platforms are built for long contract cycles and months of onboarding before you see a single finding. GuardKite is designed for immediate value. Connect an account and start reviewing actionable, read-only findings in minutes.
Actionable Remediation
Finding a misconfiguration is only helpful if you know how to resolve it. GuardKite is built with practical fixes in mind, providing clear guidance on how to safely close the loop on every issue.
Built by DevOps Engineers Who Worked That List
We spent weeks ticking off findings that turned out to be nothing, because the tool treated a public bucket and an untagged resource as the same kind of problem. That is the part we wanted to fix. Critical now means recently changed and actually reachable, so the top of the list is worth your morning.
What customers say about GuardKite
Connecting our AWS account took a few minutes, and I could follow the fix instructions without having to look anything up.
It found the risky settings in our account and told us exactly how to fix each one.
We could see what was wrong across our whole AWS setup straight away, and it was obvious which things to deal with first.