CoGuard was designed by German mathematician/computer science hybrid and cyber security expert Albert Heinle, PhD.  As a software engineer, Heinle found himself in search of a static analysis tool similar to ones he used when coding but for checking configurations as he set up and pushed out new services.  Finding only siloed solutions for select services with minimal checks, while at the same time observing the step rise in misconfiguration caused downtime and data breach, Heinle and his team set out to develop what is now becoming an essential tool to manage the growing complexity of IT infrastructures and the interconnection of services.