UpGuard now available on Google Cloud Marketplace to accelerate Cyber Risk Operations. Aug 12, 2026, 08:07 ET Lean Security Teams Can Consolidate Fragmented Risk Tools into a Unified Platform MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - UpGuard, a leader in cybersecurity and risk management, today announced that UpGuard is now available on Google Cloud Marketplace. Customers can now use their existing Google Cloud commitments to purchase UpGuard's AI-powered platform for managing their vendor ecosystems, attack surface and workforce risks, simplifying procurement and accelerating their security initiatives. In today's security environment, lean security teams are challenged by tool fragmentation, managing vendor risk, attack surfaces, and compliance across disjointed, manual solutions. This leaves critical blind spots even as regulatory mandates demand more rigorous and continuous oversight. UpGuard solves this by consolidating these categories into a single platform, providing the unified visibility and guided remediation teams need to protect their infrastructure. With UpGuard, customers can deploy continuous cyber supply chain monitoring, external attack surface management, and automated compliance reporting. Where ratings-only tools stop at a score, UpGuard delivers daily scanning across 70+ risk vectors, AI-powered questionnaire automation, remediation workflows, and board-ready reporting, all running on Google Cloud's secure and scalable infrastructure. "By making UpGuard available on Google Cloud Marketplace, we are helping security teams to deploy continuous, automated risk oversight using the budget they have already committed," said Jackie Ariston, chief revenue officer at UpGuard. "It helps eliminate the friction of new vendor contracts, allowing customers to focus on what matters most: proactively identifying and closing their most critical exposure gaps." "Bringing UpGuard to Google Cloud Marketplace will help customers quickly deploy and manage its cybersecurity platform on Google Cloud's trusted, global infrastructure," said Dai Vu, Managing Director, Marketplace & ISV GTM Programs at Google Cloud. "UpGuard can securely scale and support organizations using its AI-powered platform for continuous cyber supply chain monitoring, external attack surface management, and automated compliance reporting." Key benefits of UpGuard's collaboration with Google Cloud include: * One platform instead of disconnected point tools: UpGuard offers an advantage by not surfacing risks in isolation. This is compounding intelligence: signals across vendor risk, attack surface, and workforce inform one another, automatically reframing the organization's total risk posture. When a vendor is breached, UpGuard automatically updates the organization's exposure and routes guided remediation to the right team across 100+ integrations, including Jira, ServiceNow, and Slack. * Enterprise-scale cyber risk management on Google Cloud's secure, scalable infrastructure: Built on Google Kubernetes Engine and Cloud Run functions, UpGuard scans more than 1 billion risk signals daily across 14 million+ pre-scored organizations. This high-scale architecture delivers same-day automated visibility for new vendors versus the weeks-long manual processes legacy programs rely on. * Streamlined procurement: Google Cloud customers can now draw down on their existing committed cloud spend to fund their UpGuard deployment. This eliminates the need for separate vendor contracts, parallel procurement cycles, and fragmented billing, consolidating costs onto their existing Google Cloud invoice. About UpGuard Founded in 2012, UpGuard is a leader in cybersecurity and cyber risk management. UpGuard's Risk Operations Center, the platform for Cyber Risk Posture Management (CRPM), gives security teams one centralized, actionable view of cyber risk across their vendors, attack surface, and workforce, with AI agents that do the repetitive work and proof that risk is going down. Trusted by thousands of organizations, UpGuard helps lean teams run cyber risk with confidence and efficiency. UpGuard is headquartered in Hobart, Australia, with US headquarters in Mountain View, California. To learn more, visit www.upguard.com. MEDIA CONTACT SOURCE UpGuard

UpGuard ranked #1 for Third Party and Supplier Risk Management; named top 100 software company in G2 2026 Best Software Awards. Apr 10, 2026, 08:10 ET UpGuard Rated as the Leader in Third Party and Supplier Risk Management by G2 for 15 Consecutive Quarters Mountain View, California, April 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - UpGuard, a leader in cybersecurity and risk management, today announced multiple recognitions from G2, the world's largest and most trusted data source for B2B software. UpGuard was named a winner in G2's 2026 "Best Software Awards," officially ranking in the top 100 Best Global Software Companies out of 4000 eligible global companies. The company also earned high rankings in G2's lists for Best Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Products at #6 and Best Security Software Products at #14. UpGuard was also named a leader in the Third Party and Supplier Risk Management category for the 15th consecutive quarter. UpGuard earned these distinctions based on strong customer satisfaction from security professionals. Among G2-verified reviewers, UpGuard has 98 percent four or five-star customer ratings and 94 percent approval on product direction. "We're proud to be recognized in G2's Best Software Awards and to hold the number one position in Third-Party and Supplier Risk Management for fifteen consecutive quarters," said Kaushik Sen, CMO at UpGuard. "G2 rankings are determined entirely by verified reviews from security professionals, which makes this the most meaningful validation we can earn. Security teams choose UpGuard because it's fast to deploy, intuitive to use, and delivers measurable risk reduction. That's what fifteen quarters of leadership reflects." UpGuard's AI-powered Cyber Risk Posture Management (CRPM) platform processes more than 100 billion risk signals every day. It unifies the fragmented cybersecurity landscape by correlating risk across typically overlooked posture areas, including: Vendor Risk for the supply chain, Breach Risk for the external attack surface, User Risk for workforce security, Trust Exchange for data sharing, and Risk Automations for GRC engineering. Recent G2 insights from customers: * "UpGuard gives me a single place to see the real risk picture without having to chase vendors for information. The automated questionnaires, security ratings, and continuous monitoring make third party reviews smoother and a lot more consistent. It saves time, keeps everything organized, and brings clarity to conversations that used to be non-existent." - Security Program Specialist, Insurance * "[UpGuard] has become an essential part of our cybersecurity and vendor risk management processes. The platform strikes the perfect balance between ease of use and depth of insight - we can quickly assess our own security posture and that of our vendors, track improvements over time, and demonstrate our security maturity to clients with confidence." - Security and AI Expert, Financial Services * "UpGuard provides clear visibility into our organization's security posture with easy-to-understand risk ratings. The platform makes it simple to monitor domain reputation, identify vulnerabilities quickly, and ensure continuous threat protection" - Global Network Security Administrator, Manufacturing * "Beyond its technical excellence, the product is highly intuitive and has been seamlessly incorporated into our daily workflow and security checks." - Cyber Security Operations Analyst, Higher Education About G2's Best Software Awards G2's 2026 Best Software Awards feature dozens of award lists, ranking software vendors and products using G2's proprietary algorithm. The results are based on G2's verified user reviews and publicly available market presence data. To be eligible for the Best Software Awards, a software company or product must have received at least 10 approved reviews during the 2025 calendar year. Scores reflect only data from reviews submitted during this evaluation period. About UpGuard Founded in 2012, UpGuard is a leader in cybersecurity and risk management. The company's AI-powered platform for Cyber Risk Posture Management (CRPM) provides a centralized, actionable view of cyber risk across an organization's vendors, attack surface, and workforce. Trusted by thousands of companies, UpGuard's platform is designed to help security teams manage cyber risk with confidence and efficiency. UpGuard is headquartered in Hobart, Tasmania with US headquarters in Mountain View, California. To learn more, visit www.upguard.com. SOURCE UpGuard

UpGuard chosen by Internet2 community to enhance third-party risk management for Research and higher education institutions. Apr 07, 2026, 08:10 ET Institutions will be able to quickly and easily streamline vendor risk assessments at scale with NET+ UpGuard program MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - UpGuard, a leader in cybersecurity and risk management and an Internet2 industry member, today announced UpGuard Vendor Risk has joined the Internet2 NET+ service portfolio. The launch of the NET+ UpGuard program will enable research and higher education (R&E) institutions to reduce the complexities of their third-party risk management (TPRM) programs and strengthen their vendor ecosystem. Following a competitive procurement process and rigorous evaluation involving 14 higher education institutions, the R&E community members will have access to simplified deployment, competitive pricing, and research-ready flexibility. "Research and education institutions face a uniquely complex vendor risk landscape and they shouldn't have to tackle it alone," said Sean O'Brien, associate vice president for NET+ cloud services at Internet2. "The NET+ UpGuard program is the result of institutions and industry working together through a community-driven process to identify requirements and build a tailored solution. That's exactly what NET+ is designed to do, and we look forward to deepening this collaboration with UpGuard to strengthen vendor risk management across research and higher education." Education is the most highly targeted industry when it comes to cyberattacks. R&E institutions must navigate complex supply chains and adapt to rapid technological changes with limited resources while combating the persistent threat of cyberattacks. As institutions increasingly outsource or use third parties, the potential for data breaches has never been higher, demanding the need for a strong cybersecurity posture across the supply chain. Vendor Risk, part of UpGuard's AI-powered Cyber Risk Posture Management (CRPM) platform, is designed to deliver continuous vendor insights, 360-degree assessments, and efficient AI-powered workflows. The NET+ UpGuard program can support institutional workflows by helping stakeholders coordinate vendor assessments including HECVAT, IT accessibility, or other institutional security and risk assessment standards. By providing a structured workflow for these reviews, institutions can coordinate assessments, store evidence and share information internally with stakeholders to streamline the evaluation and approval of third-party vendors. Ongoing continuous monitoring then provides visibility into vendors' external security posture over time, helping institutions identify emerging risks and maintain a strong cyber risk posture. "This collaboration with Internet2 is a validation for UpGuard's Vendor Risk solution," said Kaushik Sen, CMO at UpGuard. "Vendor Risk addresses the unique challenges R&E institutions face in managing third-party risk. The NET+ UpGuard program ensures a simplified, cost-effective, and research-ready solution for Internet2's R&E community." About Internet2 NET+ Services The Internet2 NET+ service portfolio is a selection of cloud solutions requested, evaluated, and advanced by the R&E community. The addition of NET+ UpGuard now expands options for third-party risk management innovation. A NET+ UpGuard Webinar will kick off the collaboration with a webinar on May 13: WHO: Steven Lovaas, chief information security officer at Colorado State University, Ramon Delacruz, senior manager of information security and data privacy at Harvard University, Nick Lewis, NET+ senior program manager at Internet2, and Greg Pollock, head of Research and Insights at UpGuard WHAT: The new NET+ UpGuard service brings simplified deployment, competitive pricing, and research-ready flexibility to research and higher education institutions. Internet2 selected this service through a competitive procurement process and evaluated it through the Internet2 NET+ Service Evaluation process. Come hear Steven Lovaas and Ramon Delacruz share their experience about the NET+ service evaluation and third-party risk management. WHEN: May 13, 2026 at 12pm Eastern About Internet2 Internet2(R) is a non-profit, member-driven advanced technology community founded by the nation's leading higher education institutions in 1996. Internet2 serves 342 U.S. universities, 59 government agencies, 46 regional and state education networks and through them supports more than 80,000 community anchor institutions, over 1,000 InCommon participants, 61 leading corporations working with our community, and 70 national research and education network operators that represent more than 100 countries. Internet2 delivers a diverse portfolio of technology solutions that leverages, integrates, and amplifies the strengths of its members and helps support their educational, research and community service missions. Internet2's core infrastructure components include the nation's largest and fastest research and education network that was built to deliver advanced, customized services that are accessed and secured by the community-developed trust and identity framework. About UpGuard Founded in 2012, UpGuard is a leader in cybersecurity and risk management. The company's AI-powered platform for Cyber Risk Posture Management (CRPM) provides a centralized, actionable view of cyber risk across an organization's vendors, attack surface, and workforce. Trusted by thousands of companies, UpGuard's platform is designed to help security teams manage cyber risk with confidence and efficiency. UpGuard is headquartered in Hobart, Tasmania with US headquarters in Mountain View, California. To learn more, visit www.upguard.com. MEDIA CONTACT SOURCE UpGuard