About Avangard
Avangard is an IT company specialising in security and networks. We do not install platforms and then walk away: depending on what you choose, we run them for you, we support you in maintaining them, or we train your teams to operate them yourselves.
Vendor-independent, committed to the outcome
We are not a reseller dressed up as an integrator. Our technology recommendation follows your data volume, your in-house skills, your running budget and your regulatory constraints — not a sales target set by a vendor.
That independence has a direct consequence: we regularly recommend open source solutions when they fit the need better, and we are willing to say when a project is not ready.
It also has a price. We often end up operating the platforms we designed, and therefore living with our own architectural choices. It concentrates the mind when making them.
Cybersecurity & SIEM/SOC
Detection, correlation, incident response, exposure management.
Networks & infrastructure
Segmentation, high availability, backup and continuity.
Solution integration
Deployment, migration and recovery of vendor platforms.
Skills transfer
Training and support through to genuine autonomy.
Two countries, one service
Our teams are split between Côte d’Ivoire and Morocco, which naturally widens our service coverage and gives us access to two complementary talent pools.
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Registered office and operations management. Engagements and commercial relationships are run from here.
A company incorporated under Ivorian law, registered with the RCCM and holding a unique identifier (IDU).
Morocco
Engineering and delivery hub. It extends the service coverage window and opens access to SIEM skills across the Maghreb.
Resources that can be deployed on client sites for hands-on engagements.
What we stand behind
Certifications
Our engineers are certified on the platforms they deploy and operate, notably across the Elastic ecosystem (Elasticsearch Engineer, Elastic Security). Evidence is available on request.
Vendor partnerships
We maintain a direct relationship with the vendors whose solutions we deploy, in particular Elastic and OpenText (ArcSight), to guarantee access to vendor-level support and technical resources.
References
Our past work is presented on request, within the confidentiality commitments we have made to our clients.
MITRE ATT&CK for detection coverage · Gartner CTEM for continuous exposure management · ISO/IEC 27001 and NIST CSF for governance · PCI-DSS where the scope calls for it. We also support bringing SOC platforms into compliance with these frameworks.
Four commitments that shape our engagements
The deliverable matters more than the presentation
Every stage ends with a usable document: design dossier, source matrix, use case catalogue, response procedure. You keep all of it, including if our engagement stops.
Your data stays yours
The hosting model is decided with you, never imposed. On-premise, sovereign private cloud or an isolated space: the choice is made at scoping, according to your obligations.
Operating it is your call
Handing us your platform is one option among several. You are just as free to run it yourselves, keeping control and sovereignty over your setup. In that case we build, we document, we train — and we step aside.
We say when something is wrong
Including when it costs us: a badly sized project, a need that does not justify the spend, an over-specified platform. An honest diagnosis beats a quick sale.
Legal information
| Company name | Avangard SARL |
| Legal form | Limited liability company under Ivorian law |
| Registered office | Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire |
| Registration | Trade and Personal Property Credit Register (RCCM) — Côte d’Ivoire |
| Unique identifier | IDU CI-2023 |
| Field of activity | IT security and networks: advisory, integration, SIEM and SOC, infrastructure |
| Contact | [email protected] |
Full registration numbers and the postal address are provided on request.
Let us talk about your context
We would rather start by understanding your situation than by presenting our catalogue. That is what the scoping workshop is for.