VAULTGUARD
PROTECT · PREVENT · PREPARE
Professional security software, built for the people the industry tends to ignore.
VaultGuard is a family of cybersecurity apps for small businesses and individuals — the kind of protection normally reserved for organizations with IT departments and dedicated security teams, available by subscription to anyone, anywhere.
Why I'm Building This
A note from David, the developer.
I began setting up backup and security infrastructure for small Kentucky businesses — churches, dental offices, funeral homes, sole proprietors. They all faced the same problem: serious cybersecurity tools were either priced for Fortune 500 companies or dressed-up consumer software that quietly failed.
Each time I needed something for a client, I either had to overpay for an enterprise tool I'd only use 10% of, or scotch-tape together consumer software that didn't quite do the job. So I started building my own.
VaultGuard Backup was the first. The other apps are the rest of the toolkit I wished existed. Each one is engineered with the same care I'd apply if I were the customer — which, for the apps I haven't built yet, I am.
If you're someone the cybersecurity industry has been ignoring, you're who I'm building this for.
— David Martin
What VaultGuard is
One product family. One mission. Built by one person who answers his own email.
Most cybersecurity software is built for big companies. The tools enterprises rely on cost thousands of dollars per seat, require dedicated security teams to operate, and treat small customers as an afterthought. The tools marketed to individuals and small businesses are usually consumer software dressed up in enterprise language — promising protection but quietly failing when it matters most.
VaultGuard exists to fix that. Each app is built around the actual threats small businesses and individuals face, built around the actual threats small businesses and individuals face, engineered to be dependable when it matters most. None of it requires an IT team to use. All of it is supported by one person — me.
The family
The VaultGuard family is built around the NIST Cybersecurity Framework — the U.S. government's standard for organizing security work into six functions: Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover. Each VaultGuard app addresses one of those functions, designed to work alongside the others as you build out your defense.
You don't need all six. Most customers start with the one that addresses their most urgent gap — usually Backup, which covers Recover — and add others as their needs grow.
Currently Available
VaultGuard Backup — Recover
The backup that proves it worked. Verified restorable, ransomware-aware.
The first VaultGuard app, and currently the only one available for purchase. Every backup is verified against a tamper-evident record so a damaged backup gets caught the day it's made, kept in three places — your drive, your cloud, off-site — scanned before anything is archived, and monitored down to the health of the drive it sits on. A long list of features that exist because something went wrong somewhere first.
Pick the plan that fits below — every plan includes every feature; the only differences are how many computers and how you're billed.
In Development
I'd rather ship a small number of apps that genuinely work than a large family of half-finished software with my name on it. Each VaultGuard app gets the same attention Backup got — which means each one takes real time.
VaultGuard SignetScribe — Govern
Policy and compliance documentation, made manageable.
Most small businesses don't have written cybersecurity policies, because writing them is overwhelming. SignetScribe produces real, usable policies — acceptable use, data retention, incident response, password requirements — sized for a small business. It's in active development now.
More VaultGuard apps are planned, each addressing another part of the NIST framework. I build them as small businesses tell me what they actually need — so I'll announce each one when it's real, not before.
What Ties The Apps Together
Same engineering philosophy across the family:
Cryptographic verification built in everywhere it matters
Hardware-bound licensing, so license keys can't be casually shared
Runtime data stored in protected, access-controlled directories
Code-signed binaries, verified by Windows on install and update
Honest reporting — no "successful" status that hides a failure underneath
One person to call when something goes wrong
Same commercial principles across the family:
Every VaultGuard app comes with a free trial before you pay
Personal and business plans, with volume pricing for teams
A refund window on annual plans
Cancel anytime, no penalty
Full feature access — no premium tier that gates the security features
(Exact trial length, pricing, and refund terms are listed on each app's own page, since they vary by product.)
Same commitment on the legal side:
Clear, plain-English terms for every app — written to be read, not to trap you
A privacy policy specific to what each app actually does with your data
No surprise auto-renewals, ever
Start with what you actually need today.
VaultGuard Backup is available now. Everything else is in development.
If backup is your most urgent gap, start there — it's the one that's ready, and for most people it's the right place to begin anyway. As each new app becomes real, it'll be available right here, and I'll post updates as I go.
If you want to be told when a specific app launches, reach out and say which one — I'll make a note and email you when it's ready.