Plans

Secure-by-design means security is embedded into your cloud architecture from the start — not added on after the fact. Instead of detecting vulnerabilities after they're deployed, Dawnguard makes those vulnerabilities structurally hard to introduce in the first place. Think of it as building on a foundation that's already secure, rather than patching cracks as they appear.

No. CSPM tools catch what's already wrong — misconfigurations, drift, policy violations after deployment. Dawnguard works at the architecture layer, making it structurally hard to build insecure architecture the first place. You still get posture visibility, but the primary value is prevention by design, not detection after the fact.

CNAPP platforms bundle multiple bolt-on tools — CSPM, CWPP, IaC scanning — into one dashboard. They're still reactive by nature. Dawnguard is a fundamentally different approach: instead of consolidating detection tools, it eliminates the surface area those tools are scanning. Less retrofitting, less noise, more architectural confidence.

"Zero to day 10,000" is how Dawnguard describes the commitment to security from the very first line of infrastructure code through years of production operation. It's the opposite of "we'll deal with security when we scale" — everything is built with the assumption that it needs to stay secure for the long haul.

Dawnguard works alongside your security team — it doesn't replace them. Most security teams spend a disproportionate amount of time on remediation. Dawnguard shifts work upstream, so your team spends less time on reactive fixes and more time on meaningful oversight. For teams without dedicated security engineers, it provides the architectural guardrails you'd otherwise need headcount to build.

Most teams are up and running within days, not months. There's no architecture overhaul required — Dawnguard connects to your existing cloud environment without disrupting how you build. Larger organizations with compliance and procurement requirements take a bit longer, but the deployment itself isn't the bottleneck.

Yes. Dawnguard is built with regulated industries in mind — finance, healthcare, and government workloads are core use cases. The platform maps architecture decisions to common compliance frameworks and gives you continuous validation rather than point-in-time audits. This means fewer surprises at certification time and a cleaner story for your auditors.

Yes, plans are designed to scale with you. You can upgrade from Essential to Advanced or Elite at any time, and your existing configurations and architecture data carry over. If you're not sure which plan is right for where you're heading, book a conversation with the team and we'll size it honestly.

It's one of our primary use cases. Startups and scaleups building for healthcare, finance, or government often face an impossible-looking requirement: enterprise-grade security posture, but without enterprise resources to build it. Dawnguard's Essential plan is designed specifically for this situation — architectural security that's defensible to your customers' security teams, without needing a dedicated security hire.