Building a Future Where Data Can Protect Itself.
GuardWare was founded in Australia with a bold vision: to change the way the world protects data.
We believe the traditional approach to cybersecurity is no longer enough.
Data no longer stays inside the network. It moves constantly between people, devices, applications, cloud platforms, partners, suppliers and increasingly AI systems. It crosses organisational and national boundaries in seconds.
Yet much of cybersecurity is still built around protecting the places where data lives, rather than protecting the data itself.
We believe the future is different.
Our vision is a world where sensitive information can remain protected wherever it travels — where organisations can understand their data, see how it is being used and maintain control even after that information leaves their environment.
Ultimately, we believe data should be able to protect itself.
That vision is what drives GuardWare.
Built by People Who Want to Solve Hard Problems
GuardWare is more than technology. It is a team of people united by a belief that some of the hardest problems in cybersecurity are still waiting to be solved.
Our teams bring together expertise across cybersecurity, software engineering, cryptography, data science, Defence, research, product development and enterprise technology.
We are builders, engineers, researchers and problem-solvers.
We challenge conventional thinking. We ask what happens when the perimeter disappears, when sensitive information is shared across hundreds of organisations, when AI changes how people interact with data, or when a highly valuable file ends up somewhere it was never intended to be.
Then we build technology to solve those problems.
From our engineering and research teams through to our customer, product and security teams, everyone at GuardWare contributes to the same mission.
Australian Innovation With Global Ambition
Give organisations greater visibility, control and confidence over their most important information.
GuardWare was founded and developed in Australia, but the challenge we are solving is global.
Governments, Defence organisations, financial institutions, critical infrastructure providers and enterprises around the world are confronting the same fundamental problem: sensitive information is becoming more distributed while the value of that information continues to increase.
Intellectual property, engineering designs, customer information, financial data and national-security information now move across increasingly complex digital ecosystems.
We believe protecting this information requires a new generation of data-centric security.
Our commitment to innovation includes ongoing research and development with leading Australian institutions, including UNSW through the Defence Trailblazer program, where GuardWare is helping advance technologies designed to protect sensitive information and valuable intellectual property beyond traditional security boundaries.
It reflects something deeply important to us: world-class cybersecurity technology can be built in Australia and taken to the world.
We want to protect the information itself.
The Future We Are Building
- Cloud changed where data lives.
- AI is changing how data is used.
- Global supply chains are changing who can access it.
- The next generation of cybersecurity must therefore change how data is protected.
- At GuardWare, we are building toward a future where organisations do not have to choose between collaboration and control, innovation and security, or sharing information and protecting it.
- A future where sensitive data remains visible, understood and protected wherever business takes it.
- A future where security travels with the information.
- A future where data can protect itself.
- That is the future our teams are building.
One Platform. One Mission.
Together, they support our broader vision of moving cybersecurity beyond simply protecting networks, applications and repositories.
The GuardWare platform brings together three capabilities around a single philosophy.
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.
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