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Cellebrite Guardian Reaches a Milestone with PROTECTED Certification

Cellebrite DI Ltd., a leader in AI-driven digital investigative solutions, has announced a significant achievement for its Guardian platform. On September 2, 2026, the cloud-based digital evidence management solution received a PROTECTED classification following an assessment by CyberCX, an approved Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) evaluator endorsed by the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD).

The importance of the IRAP assessment extends beyond mere compliance for Australian law enforcement agencies, public safety, national defense, and security organizations. In many cases, digital evidence—such as data extracted from phones in missing child cases, cloud recordings regarding border incidents, or logs supporting terrorism investigations—plays a critical role in achieving successful resolution. This evaluation ensures that agencies can upload evidence to the cloud rapidly and securely, fostering efficient collaboration among investigators, prosecuters, and partner agencies.

Philippe Ouimette, the Vice President of Sales for Australia and New Zealand at Cellebrite, emphasizes the urgency of transitioning digital evidence to the cloud without delay. “Every day that an agency takes to move digital evidence to the cloud is a day spent managing technological infrastructure instead of working to protect communities, nations, and businesses,” he stated. The independent review provides assurance that Guardian can handle sensitive workloads without sacrificing security, allowing efficiency and safety to go hand in hand.

Guardian is equipped to assist investigators in managing, reviewing, and collaborating on digital evidence analysis while maintaining a documented chain of custody at every step. As the volume of digital evidence from mobile devices, drones, cloud services, and IoT sources increases, forensic laboratories are facing higher workloads. Local infrastructures can create bottlenecks, causing delays in evidence review and a fragile chain of custody, potentially impeding justice for victims and communities involved.

In Australia, an increasing focus on independent assessments like IRAP validates security controls and informs internal risk decisions before transitioning evidence workloads to the cloud. Thus, ensuring that the pursuit of speed and collaboration does not come at the cost of data protection.

Cellebrite is committed to supporting each Australian agency in navigating its internal authorization process, which includes documentation of security architecture that aligns with the Information Security Management (ISM) expectations, management controls, data sovereignty, and audit trail documentation required for Guardian. Equipping agencies with robust tools allows them to modernize their investigative workflows without jeopardizing the integrity of evidence or the trust of the communities they serve.

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Cellebrite is recognized as the global leader in digital intelligence solutions. More than 7,000 public security agencies, defense organizations, intelligence agencies, and global enterprises rely on Cellebrite's AI-enhanced software portfolio to make forensically sound digital data more accessible and actionable. Collectively, Cellebrite's technology enables clients to accelerate nearly three million legal investigations annually, improving sovereign security and operational effectiveness while empowering advanced mobile investigations and application security.

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