UpGuard, Inc Unclaimed
Mountain View, CA, United States
UpGuard helps organizations manage cybersecurity risk across their vendors, systems, and workforce with an integrated risk platform.
UpGuard is a cybersecurity company that helps businesses manage security risks across their information technology supply chains. Its integrated risk platform unifies third-party security ratings, security assessment questionnaires, and threat intelligence to provide a comprehensive view of an organization's risk surface. The company serves customers across industries by helping governance, assessment, remediation, monitoring, and collaboration to reduce risk.
To help organizations govern and reduce cybersecurity risk across their technology ecosystems with an integrated risk platform.
What we offer
Vendor Risk
Manage vendor risk with AI-driven insights and automated assessments at scale.
www.upguard.com/product/vendor-riskBreach Risk
Proactively manage your attack surface and AI threats before breaches occur.
www.upguard.com/product/breach-riskUser Risk
Manage shadow AI and human risk with visibility and policy enforcement.
www.upguard.com/product/user-riskTrust Exchange
Accelerate trust-building and streamline security communications effortlessly.
www.upguard.com/product/trust-exchangeRisk Automations
Automate risk management workflows with AI-driven triage and remediation.
www.upguard.com/product/risk-automationsWho do we serve
Global Enterprise Risk And Vendor Management
Global enterprises managing vendor risk and security across divisions.
Regulated Industry Risk And Compliance
Regulated industries requiring audit-ready security and vendor risk.
AI Driven Technology Firms
Tech firms deploying AI requiring governance over AI usage and risk.
SaaS Providers With Complex Partner Ecosystems
SaaS vendors with partner networks requiring risk visibility.
Market segments
Market size by segment
Growth potential (CAGR)
Third-party risk management
Capabilities to identify, assess, monitor, and remediate vendor and supplier risk, including onboarding assessments, continuous monitoring, and oversight.
Attack surface and threat monitoring
Continuous external asset discovery and monitoring to detect threats, brand abuse, dark web exposures, and prioritize breach risk for rapid response.
Security orchestration and automation
Orchestration of security workflows, automated remediation, multi-agent execution, and conversational/contextual security intelligence to accelerate response and reduce manual effort.
Security questionnaire automation and evidence orchestration
Automation of customer and vendor security questionnaires, audit-ready responses, evidence collection, trust center documentation, and platform integrations to accelerate sales and audits.
Workforce AI risk governance
Visibility, policy governance, monitoring, and contextual guidance for employee AI use and shadow AI to score, remediate, and reduce insider and AI-related risks.
More information about our offering
Vendor Risk
Vendor Risk is UpGuard's holistic third-party risk management platform that provides continuous vendor insights, 360-degree assessments, and AI-powered workflows to monitor, assess, remediate, and report on vendor risk across the supply chain.
- Automate Third-Party Risk ManagementLeverage AI to streamline the risk management process, boosting efficiency and speed in onboarding and vendor assessments.
- Ensure Ongoing VisibilityContinuous assessments keep your vendor risk landscape current, ensuring immediate awareness of any changes in vendor security status.
- Streamline Risk RemediationTrack and manage vendor risk remediation easily, ensuring compliance within your risk appetite.
- Conduct Comprehensive AssessmentsUtilize structured assessments to comprehensively evaluate vendor risk and security posture, ensuring informed decision-making.
- Gain Real-Time Risk InsightsLeverage automated insights to quickly identify risk hotspots and vulnerabilities in your vendor network.
- Gain Insights Through ReportingCreate comprehensive reports that provide actionable insights for stakeholders and regulators, improving overall governance.
- Automate Security QuestionnairesSave time and reduce errors with AI-driven automation of security questionnaires, accelerating the vendor evaluation process.
- Integrate with Existing InfrastructureEnhance your risk management approach by integrating UpGuard with your existing security and IT systems.
- Streamlined Vendor OnboardingEfficiently onboard new vendors while maintaining visibility over your entire vendor ecosystem.
Breach Risk
Breach Risk helps monitor attack surface and AI threats with AI-powered threat monitoring, attack surface management, and brand protection to detect and respond to risks across digital channels.
- Detect Threats EarlyUtilizing advanced AI algorithms, this feature identifies emerging threats and compromised credentials across digital spaces, allowing for immediate action.
- Monitor Digital FootprintThis feature provides consistent oversight of your digital assets, enabling quick adjustments in response to evolving threats and vulnerabilities.
- Safeguard Brand IdentityEnsures your brand remains reputable by promptly identifying and addressing false representations in digital communities and social media.
- Monitor Dark Web ActivityAlerts teams to potential breaches involving their data, enabling quick responses to mitigate risks.
- Quantify Risk ExposureThis scoring helps organizations prioritize their remediation efforts based on the likelihood and impact of identified risks.
User Risk
User Risk reveals shadow AI and human risk inside your workforce, providing visibility, governance, and guidance to manage AI use.
- Nudge Users Towards Safe ChoicesReal-time nudges guide employees to make safer decisions while interacting with AI tools, enhancing security and compliance.
- Enforce AI Usage PoliciesAutomatically detects policy violations and provides corrective actions to maintain compliance and reduce risk.
- Identify Unauthorized AI ToolsContinuously discovers hidden AI tools in use across the organization, ensuring visibility over potential security risks.
- Assess User Risk LevelsAllows organizations to prioritize intervention by identifying high-risk users, enabling targeted risk management strategies.
- Trigger Automated Risk ResponsesWorkflow automation triggers immediate corrective actions for identified risks, cutting response time significantly.
Trust Exchange
Trust Exchange is UpGuard's platform for proving security posture to customers by sharing questionnaires, trust centers, and related tooling.
- Streamline Questionnaire CompletionReduce manual efforts and errors, answering security questionnaires quickly and with high accuracy.
- Build Trust FasterEnable customers to access essential security and compliance information, minimizing back-and-forth communications.
- Unlock Premium FeaturesEnhance your organization’s security communication and build trust through custom branding and additional functionalities.
- Enhance Team CollaborationInvite team members for efficient responses to security queries and ensure everyone accesses the latest documents.
Risk Automations
Risk Automations is the AI workflow engine for automating risk discovery, notification, and remediation across your risk stack.
- Triage Risks InstantlyEnhance response times by automatically prioritizing and addressing risks in real-time.
- Remediate AutomaticallyReduce time-to-resolution by allowing the system to implement remediation actions instantly.
- Integrate 100+ ToolsEasily connect your existing tools and systems for seamless workflow automation.
- Get Immediate InsightsMonitor your risk landscape continuously with real-time reporting and dashboards.
- Create Tickets AutomaticallyStreamline task assignment by automatically generating tickets for remediation teams.
- Build Workflows EasilyCreate customized automation workflows without coding, reducing complexity.
References
Methodology and sourcing behind the figures shown above.
Third-party risk management
Multiple market reports in the search results cluster 2025 third‑party risk management market size between roughly $8.0–$9.0B (FMI $8.2B; ResearchNester $8.08B; Liminal $9.0B). One source (MRFR) reports a lower 2025 figure (~$5.74B) so the midpoint of the consensus distribution is ~ $8.5B for 2025. Forecast CAGRs vary by horizon: Liminal projects 17.1% (2025–2030), FMI 12.9% (2025–2035), ResearchNester ~15.3% (2026–2035), MRFR 6.21% (2025–2035). A blended estimate near 13% CAGR captures the central tendency of these forecasts and reflects strong growth potential driven by regulation, rising supply‑chain cyber risk, and adoption of continuous monitoring/AI-enabled solutions.
Attack surface and threat monitoring
Multiple market reports place the attack-surface/ASM market between roughly USD 0.73–1.03 billion (2023–2025). Forecast CAGRs in the search results cluster between ~21% and ~30%; most vendors project high growth (≈28–30%). I selected a ~USD 1.0 billion current market size (rounded consensus across reports) and a representative CAGR of 29.3% consistent with major forecasts.
Security orchestration and automation
Synthesis of multiple market reports in the provided search results. KBV reports a 2024 market size of USD 1.80B with 16.1% CAGR; GM Insights and SNSInsider report 2023 sizes of USD 1.6B and USD 1.5B respectively with ~15%+ CAGRs to 2032; MarketResearchFuture gives a higher 2024 estimate ($2.75B) with a lower 10.5% CAGR. I selected USD 1.8B (2024) as a representative current-size estimate and a 15% CAGR as a consensus growth-rate (midpoint of the clustered 15–16% estimates, acknowledging one lower estimate).
- 2024 USD 1.80 Billion 2032 USD 5.73 Billion CAGR 16.1%
- was valued at USD 1.6 billion in 2023 and projected to exhibit 15% CAGR from 2024 to 2032
- Size was valued at USD 1.5 Billion in 2023 and is expected to reach USD 5.5 Billion by 2032, growing at a CAGR of 15.5%
- 2024 Market Size $2.75 Billion CAGR (2025 - 2035) 10.52%
Security questionnaire automation and evidence orchestration
No direct market-size data for security-questionnaire automation in results. Used KBV Research SOAR market (2024 $1.80B, CAGR 16.1%) as a proximate parent market and assumed questionnaire automation/evidence orchestration is a smaller subsegment (~25–30% of SOAR/GRC early market). Applied AI-driven acceleration (see MarketsandMarkets agentic AI growth) to raise expected CAGR modestly above SOAR to ~18%.
Workforce AI risk governance
Estimates derived from published AI governance market forecasts in the search results (2024–2035 range: roughly $0.25B–$0.89B near-term to multi‑$B by 2029–2035). Workforce AI risk governance (employee visibility, shadow‑AI monitoring, contextual guidance) is a focused subsegment of risk management/monitoring within AI governance. Using cited market sizes and CAGRs (25–45%+) and assuming the workforce/insider monitoring slice represents ~15–25% of overall AI governance spend, the near‑term market is estimated at roughly $0.1B and likely to grow at a high CAGR (chosen 40%) consistent with published AI governance growth rates.
- projected to grow from USD 0.89 billion in 2024 to USD 5.78 billion by 2029, expanding at a CAGR of 45.3%.
- global AI governance market size is likely to be valued at US$ 429.8 million in 2026 and projected to reach US$ 4,201.3 million by 2033.
- global AI governance market was valued at USD 248.99 million in 2025 and projected to be worth USD 351.73 million in 2026; CAGR 25.3% (2026–2034).
- market size valued at USD 309.01 million in 2025; projected to increase from USD 419.45 million in 2026 to USD 5,883.90 million by 2035, CAGR 34.27% (2026–2035).
- Gartner forecasts AI governance platforms market will exceed $1 billion by 2030 and reach $492 million in 2026.
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