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The Engine Behind Continuous Asset Intelligence

Inspect

Inspectors extract user roles, policy enforcement, permission assignments, license allocations, security control status, and more. Not a ping. Not a heartbeat. A deep read of what's actually running and how it's configured.

Normalize & Enrich

Raw data is de-duplicated, correlated across systems, and enriched into a structured, authoritative asset record for every identity, device, and configuration in the environment.

Monitor, Alert & Act

Every change is captured, timestamped, and compared against baselines. Deviations trigger alerts, feed automated workflows, and surface AI-generated recommendations.

The Foundational Data Layer You Can Trust

Liongard's purpose-built inspectors connect directly to each system's native API and extract attribute-level data policy states, role assignments, permission structures, license allocations, security control coverage. From over 100 systems across cloud, endpoint, network, and SaaS. That's not a scan. That's a deep read of operational ground truth.

Dig In

Intelligence You Can Talk To.

Ask about any asset, any environment, any change and get an instant, context-aware answer drawn from continuously updated system data. AI Asset Summaries go further, automatically analyzing configurations against security best practices and surfacing prioritized recommendations before your team even thinks to ask.

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Foundational Data Layer

LiongardIQ connects directly to each system's native API, extracts configuration state at the attribute level, and de-duplicates and enriches every asset into a single authoritative record. Every change is captured, timestamped, and preserved up to 18 months of history. Not a collection of tool exports.

Vulnerability Prioritization

Generic CVE scores don't tell you what's actually at risk. ThreatImpactIQ combines active exploitation signals with verified asset context from LiongardIQ so an exposed, unpatched asset with no MFA gets treated differently than the same vulnerability on an isolated, protected system.

Visual Reporting and Dashboards

Visual Insights Pro turns continuously updated asset intelligence into configurable dashboards and scheduled reports like identity posture, device inventory, licensing usage, vulnerability exposure, and configuration compliance, always current, always exportable.

Under the Hood

How Intelligence Becomes Action

What's the difference between Liongard and an RMM?

An RMM gives you point-in-time visibility into endpoint health and patch status. Liongard gives you continuous, historical, and deep configuration intelligence across your entire IT stack identities, SaaS platforms, firewalls, cloud environments, and network infrastructure your RMM never touches. The two are complementary. Liongard is the asset context that makes everything else actionable.

How often does Liongard inspect connected systems?

Beyond device and identity discovery, LiongardIQ captures configuration state at the attribute level: MFA enforcement status, conditional access policies, firewall rules, license allocations, software versions, certificate expiry dates, backup configurations, and security control coverage.

Can Liongard detect when a new device joins the network?

Yes. LiongardIQ continuously monitors network-connected systems and alerts teams when new identities, devices, or configurations are discovered. This includes rogue devices, shadow IT, and unauthorized account creation across cloud and on-premises environments.

How does Liongard support cyber insurance applications and renewals?

LiongardIQ continuously captures and timestamps configuration data across environments, producing structured, defensible evidence of security controls, access management practices, and configuration standards. This documentation supports cyber insurance applications, renewals, and claims without requiring manual evidence collection.

Does Liongard integrate with PSA and ticketing platforms?

es. LiongardIQ integrates with leading PSA platforms including ConnectWise, Autotask, and HaloPSA. Change detection alerts and remediation findings can be pushed directly into ticketing workflows, ensuring issues are tracked and resolved without requiring teams to move between platforms.

How does Liongard help with identity hygiene and access control?

LiongardIQ continuously discovers and correlates identities across Microsoft 365, Azure AD, Active Directory, Duo, and other platforms. It automatically surfaces orphaned accounts, dormant users with active licenses, excessive permission assignments, and accounts missing MFA enforcement giving teams the data needed to maintain least privilege and zero trust principles.

What happens when a configuration drifts outside of an established baseline?

LiongardIQ allows teams to define configuration standards and security baselines per client or environment. When a configuration drifts outside those standards, a conditional access policy is modified, an admin account is created, a firewall rule is changed. An alert is triggered and the change is logged with full attribute-level detail for investigation and remediation.

How does Liongard support onboarding of new clients?

LiongardIQ automates the discovery and documentation of new client environments at onboarding, producing a complete, accurate asset baseline within hours rather than days. This reduces manual effort, eliminates documentation gaps, and gives project and service delivery teams a trusted foundation to work from on day one.

Visibility is power - knowing when something changes can mean the difference between security and disaster. Liongard gives us that edge.

Matthew Woehrle,, Manager of IT Security, Flagship Network

LiongardIQ is not just a smarter platform, it’s how you take control of the data and move your business forward.

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