Xopero Software acquires Vigil Guard – expanding into AI Security

We are announcing the acquisition of Vigil Guard – a cybersecurity company behind a proprietary platform designed to monitor, control, and secure interactions with AI systems. This acquisition marks a pioneering step in combining data resilience with real-time AI threat mitigation, directly addressing an emerging class of risks: prompt injection attacks and sensitive data leakage via autonomous AI agents. 

Security Systems Fail to Keep Pace with AI Development

The rapid, widespread adoption of AI-driven tools and autonomous agents across developer and enterprise environments (such as Jira, Confluence, and code repositories) has exposed the limits of legacy security systems. Risks tied to artificial intelligence are escalating at an unprecedented rate. Corporate emails, internal documentation, and source code—frequently containing sensitive data—are routinely embedded into prompts sent to external large language models (LLMs). Simultaneously, prompt injection threats are mounting, where malicious instructions concealed within text can hijack AI assistants and exfiltrate critical corporate IP (as highlighted by recent vulnerabilities in enterprise AI tools like Atlassian Rovo).

In response, as a global provider of backup and data protection solutions, including DevOps protection via GitProtect.io, we are joining forces with Vigil Guard to deliver an end-to-end AI security framework. This strategic expansion moves our portfolio beyond traditional backup and Disaster Recovery toward a unified data protection and AI Governance stack.

“The pace of AI adoption is outstripping the implementation of control and security procedures. As a result, companies often back up corrupted or infected content without verifying its history and integrity, confusing the mere existence of a backup with the actual ability to recover,” said Łukasz Jesis, CEO & Founder of Xopero Software S.A. “Combining Xopero’s mature ecosystem with Vigil Guard’s innovative technology allows us to offer the market something unique: a complete data protection and AI Governance stack. We are proactively staying ahead of the challenges of this new era of cyber threats and growing regulatory pressures, giving organizations the assurance that their data remains completely secure—even when exposed to language models.”

From Backup to AI Security: A Unified Global Platform

Vigil Guard operates as an AI Detection and Response (AIDR) platform, delivering firewall and EDR-like capabilities specifically engineered for AI interactions. The technology provides instant detection of prompt injection attacks and granular control over AI agents, ensuring they do not breach operational boundaries. It prevents real-time data leaks by automatically masking Personally Identifiable Information (PII), financial data, and credentials before prompts hit external LLMs. Crucially, all verification occurs directly on-premises or within the customer’s private infrastructure, ensuring complete data privacy.

We deliver enterprise-grade backup, disaster recovery, and data protection software, scalable hardware appliances, and a dedicated MSP platform. Our GitProtect.io brand is recognized globally as an advanced backup solution for DevOps environments, protecting source code and intellectual property. Nearly 2,000 organizations across more than 60 countries—including Fortune 500 enterprises—rely on us to maintain business continuity.

As part of the transaction, Vigil Guard’s core team will fully integrate with us. They will continue advancing their proprietary AIDR engines while leveraging our global R&D, operational scale, and international distribution network.

“The wave of AI adoption in business cannot—and should not—be stopped, but having full control over it is crucial. In founding Vigil Guard, we set out to fill a gap unaddressed by traditional cybersecurity tools: securing real-time language interactions and AI agent actions,” said Tomasz Bartel, CEO & Founder of Vigil Guard.
“Joining Xopero and driving the further development of the platform provides our team with an immense scalability boost. We are combining our proprietary AI threat detection engines with Xopero’s mature ecosystem to build a solution that no CISO will soon be able to do without when allowing broad AI agent deployment across their organization.”

Setting a New Standard for Enterprise Data Protection

Our integration with Vigil Guard creates a comprehensive security ecosystem tailored for highly regulated sectors, including financial services, insurance, telecommunications, healthcare, and public administration. The integrated solution enables organizations to safely accelerate AI adoption while ensuring auditability (ISO 27001, SOC 2) and compliance with international regulatory frameworks such as NIS2 and DORA.

This acquisition sends a clear signal to the global market: securing artificial intelligence requires a new generation of tools. Together, we will empower organizations worldwide to unlock the full power of AI without compromising on data sovereignty, privacy, or resilience.