Most security strategies are built on one assumption: keep the data in, and it stays safe.
That assumption is wrong. And in 2026, most CISOs know it.
Data moves. It crosses supply chains, cloud platforms, contractor laptops, AI tools, and personal devices as a matter of routine. It leaves during tenders. It leaves when employees resign. It leaves through breaches that take months to detect. The question is no longer whether sensitive data will leave your environment. It is whether it matters when it does.
Persistent Data Security is built on a different assumption entirely.
A persistently encrypted file is not protected at the boundary. It is protected at the file. The encryption does not pause when the file is opened. It does not stop when the file is forwarded. It does not end when the file reaches a supplier’s machine, a contractor’s device, or an attacker’s server. The file is encrypted in use, in transit, and at rest. Permanently. Across every environment it touches.
The result is simple. Anyone who takes that file without authorisation has nothing. Not a liability. Not a breach notification waiting to happen. Not ransomware leverage. Nothing. The file is unreadable, unransomable, and unpublishable, because they will never have the keys.
And when a supplier engagement ends, you revoke the key. The files they hold become inaccessible instantly, from anywhere, with no physical interaction required. The contract finishes. The access finishes with it.
That is Persistent Data Security. Not better containment. Not stronger perimeters. Protection that travels with the data, and makes stolen data worthless.
GuardWare is the only platform that delivers this in a single integrated suite: discovery that finds your sensitive data, monitoring that shows how it moves, and persistent encryption that ensures it can never be used against you, wherever it goes, whoever takes it, for as long as it exists.
GuardWare is an Australian cybersecurity company specialising in data-centric security. We find sensitive data, monitor how it moves, and keep it encrypted wherever it goes. Our platform is the only one that delivers discovery, monitoring, and persistent encryption in a single integrated suite.
Meet Our Team
Our Board of Directors
Rizwan Mahmood
Chief Executive Officer
21 years experience of managing R&D units, designing, developing and commercializing off-the-shelf software in Security and Compliance. Certified Project Manager and Security Practitioner.
Ian McKinley
Executive Director
50 years IT. Director global marketing, acquisitions and JVs – Fujitsu-ICL. MD Bridon International Ltd. MD ICL Malaysia. Queen’s award to industry for innovation.
Alan Rankins (OAM)
Executive Director
49 years Defence Vet, 30 yrs Company
Director, Goal Group founder, past National president of AIDN, accomplished executive consultant.
Dr Aftab Rizvi
Non-Executive Director
Internationally renowned Information Security consultant and Entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience. Is considered as one of the world leaders in Information Security audits
Mike Mobilia
Non-Executive Director
Business founder, CEO, CFO and strategic advisor. Specialist in financial products, “as a service” models, technology, healthcare, capital raisings and building successful businesses
Our Management Team
Rizwan Mahmood
Chief Executive Officer
21 years experience of managing R&D units, designing, developing and commercializing off-the-shelf software in Security and Compliance. Certified Project Manager and Security Practitioner.
Prof Dr Simon Scott
Chief Architect
With 30 years of experience in designing and coding commercial systems in the areas of encryption, cyber security and AI.
Akhil Subedi
Chief Technology Officer
With 21 years of experience in software development & cybersecurity excelling in aligning R&D with business goals, leading
cross-functional teams.
Richard Matthewman
GM of Business Development
With over 30 years of experience in Information Technology and Telecommunications, Richard has held senior sales leadership roles at major organisations including S&P Global, IBM and Telstra. His career spans global corporates, start-ups, and capital raising initiatives.
Harish Sappa
Infra & Support Manager
24 years of experience in design, coding, and customer support within commercial systems, specialized in the areas of cybersecurity and information security.
Liam Neville
Partnerships & Alliances
Partnerships & Alliances leader with over a decade of experience building strategic ecosystems and driving high-impact collaborations for data-centric security.
Keeping data confidential since 2010.
GuardWare was founded on a single conviction: that data protection should not stop at the perimeter. For fifteen years we have built technology that protects sensitive data wherever it goes, not just where it is supposed to stay.
From our first encryption engine to the world’s first persistent in-use encryption for design files, from a single product to a fully integrated DSPM + PE platform, every version of GuardWare has been built around one question: what happens to the data after it leaves?
We are an Australian company. Our platform is developed in Australia. Our clients span government, defence, finance, healthcare, and critical infrastructure across Australia and beyond. We are not a point product. We are not a feature of a larger platform. We are the only vendor delivering data discovery, continuous monitoring, and persistent file encryption as a single integrated suite.
That has been true since 2010. It remains true in 2026.
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Investment Opportunity.
GuardWare has had a strong start to the year, successfully raising capital, and continues to welcome further investment opportunities through our investor campaign.
In December 2024, we strengthened our strategic position by partnering with UNSW Sydney under the Defence Trailblazer initiative, signing a $7 million agreement to enhance the security of Australia’s defence supply chain.
Investors are invited to register their interest and learn more about GuardWare’s data protection IP, which protects sensitive data across every environment, stops ransomware leverage, and delivers world-leading quantum resilience.
