About us

Building a culture of security

We started Guard because we saw the same story play out over and over: sophisticated technical defenses undone by a single click on a phishing email.

Our story

Guard Security Training was founded in 2024 in Abu Dhabi, UAE by a team of security practitioners who spent years running red team engagements, incident response, and security operations across the Middle East, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.

We noticed a pattern: organizations invested heavily in perimeter and endpoint security, but human risk remained their blind spot. Awareness training existed, but it was compliance-driven, annual, and ineffective. Employees sat through a 45-minute slideshow once a year, ticked a box, and forgot everything by the following month.

We built Guard to change that. Our approach treats security awareness as an ongoing, measurable program — not a checkbox — with continuous measurement, adaptive training, and realistic simulations that mirror real-world threats targeting your industry and region.

Today, Guard serves organizations across the Middle East, Europe, and Asia-Pacific from offices in Abu Dhabi, London, and Singapore. Our platform is purpose-built for IT security teams who need measurable outcomes from their awareness programs.

Company milestones

2024Founded in Abu Dhabi by David Hartley and Rachel Liu. Platform development begins, first pilot customers onboarded.
2025Platform launched. London and Singapore offices opened. Phishing simulation engine and adaptive training released.
2026Risk analytics and incident drill simulator released. Training library expanded to 200+ modules.
200+
Simulation templates
3
Global offices
92%
Avg click-rate reduction
2024
Founded in Abu Dhabi

Our values

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Evidence over opinion

Every recommendation we make is backed by data from real campaigns. We measure what works and discard what doesn't. No security theater.

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Respect the learner

Security training shouldn't feel like punishment. We design for engagement, relevance, and respect for people's time. Short, actionable, and actually useful.

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Continuous improvement

Threats evolve daily. Static annual training is not enough. We run programs that adapt as the threat landscape changes, with content updated monthly.

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Industry focus

We specialize exclusively in IT security training. Every module, simulation, and assessment is built by security practitioners for the threats your organization actually faces.

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Privacy by design

We handle employee data with the same rigor we teach our customers. Minimal collection, strong encryption, and transparent processing.

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Open research

We publish our annual phishing benchmark report and contribute to industry standards. A rising tide lifts all boats — even our competitors'.

Leadership team

Security practitioners and technology leaders building the next generation of human-risk management.

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David Hartley

CEO & Co-Founder

15+ years in offensive security, incident response, and risk advisory across the Middle East and Europe. Previously led red team engagements and security awareness programs for enterprise organizations.

CISSP, OSCP, CREST CRT

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Rachel Liu

CTO & Co-Founder

Engineering leadership across distributed systems, ML pipelines, and security analytics. Built Guard's adaptive simulation engine and real-time risk scoring platform from the ground up.

MSc Computer Science, AWS Solutions Architect

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Kiran Patel

VP of Product

Background in security awareness product development and instructional design. Combines behavioral science research with gamification to build training modules that employees actually complete.

MBA, Certified Instructional Designer

Our offices

Serving organizations across the Middle East, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.

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Abu Dhabi — Headquarters

Guard Security Training Ltd
4th Floor, Z23
Mohamed Bin Zayed City
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

+971 52 995 0357

Sun – Thu, 9 AM – 6 PM GST

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London

Guard Security Training (UK) Ltd
71-75 Shelton Street
Covent Garden
London WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom

+44 20 3885 1200

Mon – Fri, 9 AM – 5:30 PM GMT

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Singapore

Guard Security Training Pte Ltd
1 Raffles Place, #20-61
One Raffles Place Tower 2
Singapore 048616

+65 3158 4200

Mon – Fri, 9 AM – 6 PM SGT

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