Our Story

A few years ago I was working with South African companies that were moving fast to AWS — but they were getting crushed by compliance stress. They were either paying huge USD bills for tools that felt foreign, or spending weeks manually checking everything and still worrying about POPIA and Compliance audits.

I knew there had to be a better way.

So in 2022, right here in Cape Town, I built Shieldus — a proper automated AWS compliance scanner that is powerful, practical, and priced for the South African market.

What makes us different

Local first — We understand POPIA, GDPR , and how South African businesses actually operate.

Human + automation — Our scanner is smart, but we don’t hide behind it. You get clear reports and real support from our team when needed.

Affordable premium — World-class scanning technology at a fraction of the price of global tools.

No fluff — We focus on what actually matters: reducing real risk and making audits easier.

Today, Shieldus helps fintechs, insurers, law firms, healthtechs and retailers across South Africa sleep better at night knowing their AWS environment is secure and compliant — without breaking the bank or waiting weeks for engineers to manually audit enviroments.

Our promise

We will never sell you something you don’t need.

We will always be honest about what we find.

And we will always treat your business like it’s our own.

If you’re tired of compliance feeling like a burden, we’d love to help.