New Yo k a d Amste dam, July 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As AI-assisted e gi ee i g accele ates how quickly softwa e is desig ed, w itte , a d shipped, cybe secu ity teams a e faci g a ha de p oblem: isk is bei g c eated ea lie tha t aditio al tools ca see it. Daw gua d a ou ced the public lau ch of its secu ity a chitectu e automatio platfo m, maki g it available to o ga izatio s looki g to desig , build, a d ope ate secu e cloud- ative systems f om day ze o th ough p oductio .
The lau ch ma ks the compa y’s move f om e te p ise desig pa t e ships i to ge e al availability, followi g a yea of platfo m developme t a d custome validatio . Alo gside the p oduct lau ch, Daw gua d a ou ced the ope i g of its New Yo k City office a d a additio al $3.3 millio i p e-seed fu di g f om existi g i vesto BNVT Capital i the UK, with ew pa ticipatio f om Cu iosity VC i the Nethe la ds a d eCAPITAL i Ge ma y. The ew capital b i gs Daw gua d’s total fu di g to mo e tha $6.3 millio .
Daw gua d fou de s: CTO Kim va Lavie e a d CEO Mahdi Abdul azak.
Despite eco d spe di g o cybe secu ity tools, b eaches co ti ue to o igi ate f om a chitectu al weak esses, i secu e co figu atio s, a d desig decisio s that ca ot simply be patched away. Daw gua d was fou ded o a simple belief: cybe secu ity ca ot co ti ue to ope ate as a eactive i dust y. T ue cybe esilie ce begi s at the d awi g boa d, whe e systems a e desig ed, validated, a d deployed secu ely f om the sta t.
“Cybe secu ity has become t apped i a e dless cycle of detectio , espo se, a d patchi g,” said Mahdi Abdul azak, CEO a d Co-Fou de of Daw gua d. “Fo twe ty yea s, secu ity was somethi g you added late . That model was al eady f agile. Today, agai st a attacke u i g at machi e speed, it becomes i c easi gly i defe sible. Whe p obi g is co ti uous a d cheap, the o ly thi g that holds is what was desig ed co ectly f om the sta t.”
Daw gua d was built fo this shift. Its platfo m tu s secu e a chitectu e i to deployable i f ast uctu e, e abli g o ga izatio s to:
- Desig secu e a d complia t cloud a chitectu es befo e deployme t
- Automatically ge e ate p oductio – eady I f ast uctu e as Code
- Co ti uously validate that deployed e vi o me ts emai alig ed with app oved desig s
- Elimi ate secu ity d ift betwee a chitectu al i te t a d ope atio al eality
- E able e gi ee i g a d secu ity teams to collabo ate withi a sha ed a chitectu e wo kspace
The platfo m is desig ed to elimi ate the gap betwee secu ity i te t a d ope atio al eality. E gi ee i g a d secu ity teams wo k i a sha ed a chitectu e wo kspace whe e desig s ca be validated, t a slated i to e fo ceable i f ast uctu e, a d checked co ti uously as systems evolve.
U like t aditio al secu ity p oducts that focus o detecti g p oblems afte systems a e built, Daw gua d helps o ga izatio s p eve t i secu e patte s f om bei g i t oduced i the fi st place. The esult is a secu ity model that sta ts at the d awi g boa d a d follows the system i to p oductio .
The ew fu di g will accele ate p oduct developme t, AI-d ive a chitectu e i tellige ce, e te p ise go-to-ma ket expa sio , a d i te atio al g owth.
“Eve y e gi ee i g team u de sta ds the gap betwee what was desig ed a d what ultimately gets deployed,” said Kim va Lavie e , CTO a d Co-Fou de of Daw gua d. “That gap is whe e isk lives. Daw gua d closes the dista ce betwee i te t a d eality by tu i g a chitectu e i to e fo ceable code, co ti uously validati g that systems emai alig ed with thei o igi al secu ity desig . Secu ity should ot exist i docume ts, sp eadsheets, o diag ams. It should exist i the systems themselves.”
As o ga izatio s e te the Mythos E a, Daw gua d is betti g that the futu e of cybe secu ity will ot be defi ed by faste ale ts o lo ge patch lists. It will be defi ed by systems that a e secu e by desig , co ti uously validated, a d capable of adapti g to a i c easi gly auto omous wo ld.
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