GuidePoint Security
US-headquartered cybersecurity consultancy with 800+ employees, serving ~40% of the Fortune 500. FedRAMP 3PAO, PCI QSA, and HITRUST accreditations.
- Categories
- Managed security services, Penetration testing, Incident response, Security consulting and vCISO
- Based in
- Reston, United States
- Founded
- 2011
- Size
- 500+ staff
- Ownership
- Private
- Certifications
- SOC 2 Type 2, SOC 3
About GuidePoint Security
GuidePoint Security is a cybersecurity consulting and services firm. It offers advice, engineering and managed services across many security areas. These include application security, cloud security, data protection, email and endpoint security, identity and access management, incident response, network security, operational technology security, security awareness, SOC services, staff augmentation, vulnerability management and penetration testing. It also provides AI security services and IoT security assessments. The company serves a wide range of clients. These include smaller and mid-sized firms, large global companies and government bodies. It works with organisations in most major industries. GuidePoint says it has helped over 5,900 businesses and government agencies since 2011. GuidePoint takes a vendor-neutral approach. It evaluates more than 800 technology vendors to find suitable solutions for each client. It offers a single point of contact for cybersecurity expertise. Its team includes engineers, architects and consultants, many with industry certifications. The company also provides a trust centre where clients can access its SOC 2 and SOC 3 reports.
Ownership and deals
- Raised private equity fundingInvestor Audax Private EquityReport on the GuidePoint Security funding round of October 2023 (opens in a new tab)
Acquisitions come from SecurityWeek's monthly M&A round-ups from 2021 onwards, from Cybersecurity Ventures' quarterly M&A reports for 2020, and a few from Wikipedia lists. Funding rounds from 2022 onwards come from Return on Security's weekly Security, Funded newsletter. These are dated to the month. A few deals added from the news are dated to the day. Smaller deals may be missing. Amounts are in US dollars.