Press Coverage

October 26, 2023

Guarding Your Systems With Guardian Digital

The security improvements [over standard distribution packages] in Guardian Digital's products not only reduce the risk of cracker attacks, but also the financial risk and business downtime.
September 20, 2023

Linux Security Highlights the Growing Appeal of Open-Source Network Monitoring Tools

Open-Source Tools Usher in a New Era for Comprehensive and Affordable Linux Network Monitoring
September 20, 2023

LinuxSecurity Reinforces Its Role As A Cybersecurity Lifeline In A Digitally Vulnerable World

Whether a system administrator safeguarding critical infrastructure, a developer focused on secure coding practices, or an individual user aiming to protect their data, LinuxSecurity equips customers with the tools and insights to navigate an increasingly complex cybersecurity landscape.
September 19, 2023

Guardian Digital Simplifies Email Security Management For Businesses Short On IT Resources

From system setup to real-time monitoring and ongoing maintenance, the service empowers businesses to direct their attention to growth and innovation, secure in the knowledge that experts are managing their email security.
July 09, 2023

Redefining Business Email Security: Guardian Digital's Innovative Open-Source Strategy

Experience the revolution in email security. Guardian Digital leverages open-source to shield business emails from phishing and zero-day threats.
June 12, 2023

Guardian Digital Responds to Relentless Surge in Phishing Attacks, Enhances Microsoft 365 Protection

Advanced Threat Protection and Uncompromising Support enhances Guardian Digital’s business email protection against the relentless surge of phishing attacks.
May 01, 2023

Guardian Digital Defends Email Against Adversarial AI Attack Tools with Defensive AI, Open Source Tools

Guardian Digital, the open source email security solutions company, reaffirms its solution protects against hostile AI attacks deployed by threat actors with AI-powered email threat protection and open source. The tool analyzes the hacker's behaviors to determine if they have a specific pattern, as well as removes false positives, as it is one of the most difficult tasks for security analysts to distinguish between noise and signal when working with large datasets. The timing of the attack and the way hackers behave inside systems are all included so that AI-powered technology can detect and respond to attacks with greater accuracy.
April 03, 2023

Guardian Digital EnGarde Cloud Email Security Alleviates Email Security Management Stress for Businesses

Guardian Digital, the open source email security solutions company, addresses CISOs fatigue, burnout, and chronic email security stress with EnGarde Cloud Email Security protection. Accompanied with never-ending support that extends limited IT resources, we improve efficacy, maximize productivity, and provide invaluable peace of mind.
March 02, 2023

Guardian Digital Responds to CISA Urgent Plea for Tech Titans to Take Ownership of Security Outcomes

Guardian Digital takes active role in response to CISA Director Easterly calls for Microsoft, others, to design more secure applications with their purpose-built software designed to protect their users from the most advanced email threats.
January 09, 2023

Apache SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Released with Improved Classification & Performance

The Apache SpamAssassin project has released version 4.0.0 of its renowned open-source anti-spam platform with numerous tweaks and bug fixes and improved classification, performance and handling of text in international language. This release is an important milestone in the open source world, as Apache SpamAssassin has emerged as a testament to the security benefits of leveraging the open-source development model to combat the universal threat of spam email over the past two decades.
December 01, 2022

CISA, FBI Urge Small Businesses to Increase Protection Against Email Cyber Threats This Holiday Season

CISA, FBI Urge Small Businesses to Increase Protection Against Email Cyber Threats This Holiday Season The United States government security apparatus is recommending shoppers and businesses be extra vigilant online during this holiday season, implement additional protection measures against fraud where necessary, and follow security best practices to avoid becoming a target.
November 03, 2022

Guardian Digital Cloud Email Security Addresses Complex Threat Environment Brought On By The US Midterm Elections

Guardian Digital surpasses traditional email protection methods that have been proven insufficient at preventing cyberattacks and breaches, securing businesses against phishing, ransomware, and other malicious threats with comprehensive, fully-managed email security services.
October 03, 2022

Guardian Digital Raises Awareness of Modern Email Risks, Helps Businesses #BeCyberSmart

Guardian Digital is celebrating Cybersecurity Awareness Month with a series of educational and practical initiatives in October, designed to inform businesses on how to better protect their users from the most advanced email security threats.
October 02, 2022

The Impact of Open Source on Cybersecurity

Open-source software is one of the most innovative developments of the past few decades. Open-source is code that is publicly available and editable. While this sounds dangerous for security, it can actually significantly improve it by allowing anyone to fix errors. Applying the open-source methodology of collaboration to cybersecurity can greatly affect everyone’s security.
September 06, 2022

Guardian Digital Closes the Gaps in Endpoint Protection to Secure Business Email against Phishing & Ransomware

Guardian Digital addresses the limitations of endpoint security solutions in fortifying business email against advanced and emerging threats with a proactive, fully supported email security suite.
August 01, 2022

Guardian Digital Cloud Email Security Addresses Critical Shortcomings in Email Protection, Reduces Management Complexity

Guardian Digital goes beyond traditional methods of email protection which have proven inadequate to defend against cyberattacks and breaches, securing businesses against phishing, ransomware, and other malicious threats with comprehensive, fully-managed email security services.
February 24, 2022

Guardian Digital's Managed Services Help Businesses Heed CISA's Warning to Strengthen Email Security Defenses

Guardian Digital addresses critical concerns raised by CISA for organizations to protect against an increase in data-wiping malware and other malicious cyber threats with a fully-managed email security solution that maximizes cyber resilience, adding critical additional layers of defenses against these damaging threats.
February 03, 2022

Guardian Digital Secures Business Email Against Attacks & Breaches in 2022 with Adaptive, Layered Protection

Guardian Digital protects organizations against the advanced and emerging phishing and ransomware attacks expected to dominate the threat landscape in 2022 with adaptive, multi-layered security defenses and comprehensive support.
January 28, 2022

David Wreski, Guardian Digital: “users need to think before they click”

Phishing has been one of the most popular threat vectors for malicious hackers. This type of attack is often carried out through email and allows to execute malicious programs, steal personal information, or lure people into giving money.
December 19, 2021

Guardian Digital Combats Holiday-Themed Phishing & Ransomware Attacks with Defense-in-Depth Email Protection, Real-Time Updates & Comprehensive Support

Guardian Digital protects businesses of all sizes against dangerous phishing and ransomware attacks exploiting the holiday season with a unique multi-layered email security solution that also includes expert support and management.

Secure Business Email Against Ransomware with Layered Technology & Comprehensive Support

Guardian Digital, the premier open-source email security company, innovates ransomware protection using a unique combination of advanced multi-layered technology and expert ongoing support to secure business email from this pervasive, costly threat.

Guardian Digital Secures Business Email Against Phishing & Zero-Day Attacks Using Power of OpenSource

Guardian Digital the premier open-source email security company, is using a unique combination of transparent, community-powered open-source development, expert ongoing system management and support services and real-time cybersecurity business insights to address increasingly sophisticated, ever-evolving email threats like spear phishing, ransomware and zero-day attacks.

Guardian Digital Raises Awareness of Modern Email Risks, Helps Businesses #BeCyberSmart

Guardian Digital is celebrating Cybersecurity Awareness Month with a series of educational and practical initiatives in October, designed to inform businesses on how to better protect their users from the most advanced email security threats.

Guardian Digital Makes Microsoft O365 Emails Safe for Business

Through the use of collaborative open-source development, expert ongoing system management and real-time cybersecurity business insights, Guardian Digital is uniquely able to close critical security gaps in native Microsoft 365 email security to safeguard users and sensitive data against credential phishing, account takeovers and other malicious cyberattacks that are rampant in the Microsoft 365 environment.

How To Make Email Safe for Business

In this interview with Help Net Security, Dave Wreski, CEO at Guardian Digital, talks about modern email threats and offers protection advice for organizations.

Guardian Digital Closes the Gaps in Endpoint Protection to Secure Business Email against Phishing & Ransomware

Guardian Digital addresses the limitations of endpoint security solutions in fortifying business email against advanced and emerging threats with a proactive, fully supported email security suite.

Cybersecurity Threats Explode

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought numerous changes to the workplace, including challenges related to cybersecurity.

Guardian Digital succeeding with Open Source security products

One on-going question for the Open Source community remains, can companies make a business go of Open Source-based products and services? One company able to answer yes is Guardian Digital, Inc., which, according to its Web site, is a “full-service Open Source security company …focused on the intelligent growth of Open Source security solutions for Linux, including the Guardian Digital Linux Lockbox, a secure turnkey e-business server and the secure Linux distribution EnGarde.”

Guardian Digital Makes Email Safe For Business Since 1999

Guardian Digital protects against email threats like phishing, ransomware and zero-day attacks that initiate the cyberattacks, breaches and data loss that define the modern threat landscape. Unlike any other vendor, Guardian Digital recognizes that effective email security is a combination of purpose-driven technology, expert ongoing system management and accessible, real-time business intelligence.

Should You Block Connections to Your Network From Foreign Countries?

This LinuxSecurity.com article featured on the frontpage of Slashdot examines the concept of geo filtering and how it could add a valuable layer of security to your firewall, and explores how the Geolocation for nftables project is leveraging Open Source to provide intuitive, customizable geo filtering on Linux.

Guardian Digital Protects Businesses From Cyberthreats

Open-Source Security Is Opening Eyes

This once unimaginable segment continues to gain credibility, venture-capital backing, and sales.

MRCC Chamber Briefs Spring 2020

Linus is secure - it is its users who are not

After 8 Years of Remote-Access Trojans Attacks, Can We Still Say Linux is Secure?

Criminals are Exploiting Fears Over COVID-19

Guardian Digital Selects Mautic to Solve Marketing Challenges of Today and Tomorrow

Open-Source Security Is Opening Eyes

At the time, Wreski was bucking conventional wisdom: After all, who builds a security system from free software, when proprietary systems are seemingly safer? Today, however, Wreski's dream doesn't seem so ridiculous. Guardian Digital now employs more than 20 people and boasts more than 5,000 customers for its hardware, software updates, and support.

The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache SpamAssassin v3.4.1

Internet security company Guardian Digital utilizes the best-of-breed technology available in SpamAssassin to build enterprise security solutions for some of the largest companies in the world. "Using Apache SpamAssassin as a framework, our email protection system helps the most successful organizations protect their data from all forms of email attacks," stated Dave Wreski, President and CEO of Guardian Digital.

What you need to know about the GnuTLS Linux bug

“There are hundreds of packages that use the GnuTLS encryption libraries, so virtually every Linux user is affected,” warned Dave Wreski, CEO of open source security firm Guardian Digital as well as founder and lead developer at linuxsecurity.com. In fact, the bug appears to be more than 10 years old, “so it probably affects every Linux system currently in operation that utilizes the GnuTLS library,” he told me.

Least Privilege Gains Popularity

Wreski says one of the best ways to leverage least privilege is to find vendors that have used this development in the past. He comments, 'For this, it helps significantly to have both the OS and the application come from secure, unified development. Unified development from security vendors is one of the best ways to ensure that both applications and the platform are engineered with least privilege…

IDC: Security the #1 Reason Companies Use Open Source

The analysis made a specific point that companies had "deployed open-source technology primarily to ensure protection from security threats." Guardian Digital has known the value Open Source has for security and has been using the Open Source model for almost a decade to provide comprehensive protection.

Q&A: Guardian Digital CEO on open-source security

Our customers come to us because we have the solution to their specific business problem — the fact that it’s open source is seen as a benefit, knowing that typically no security or programming expertise is required.

Strategy Interview: The Business Case for Linux Security Pioneer, Guardian Digital

Computer Business Review Online interview's CEO Dave Wreski about the particulars of existing in one of the most competitive markets in any industry today. With probing insight into the status, strategies and goals of one of the most prominent security vendors in the open source community, this interview provides a quick and effective synopsis on some of the most pressing business challenges facing security providers.

The Recipe for a Secure Server: Using Linux to protect your servers from threats and attacks.

Step by step, task by task, the security experts at Guardian Digital show you how to lock-down your Linux server with an in-depth view of what you need, when you need it and how to use it. Don't miss this!

A Story of Vision and Progress: How to Endure and Succeed as an Open Source Security Vendor

The personal trek of how Guardian Digital's CEO, Dave Wreski, created a compelling business model on his own, to create a thriving open source company. Veteran journalist Bruce Byfield gets to the heart of its start as an aspiration that open source would provide "a superior vehicle" to provide Internet Security: A probing expose on how to take a bold idea into a successful reality.

InfoWorld

Wreski says Guardian Digital turned profitable eight months ago and is growing by 10% each quarter, much faster than the low single-digit growth for the overall security sector, according to tech consultancy Gartner.

Network World Fusion

Dave Wreski, CEO of Guardian Digital, told NewsFactor that the average Linux distribution "tries to be all things to all people," which makes it difficult to secure the system.

InternetWeek

The security improvements [over standard distribution packages] in Guardian Digital's products not only reduce the risk of cracker attacks, but also the financial risk and business downtime.

Zlib security flaw could affect numerous programs

Wreski, director at Guardian Digital Inc., an open-source security company in Saddle River, New Jersey, said zlib is also used in embedded applications, so the effects of any security flaw would be wide-reaching.