Q1 2025 Product Updates:
From overlooked file sharing to missing backups, here’s how we’re making cybersecurity simpler, smarter, and more human.
For small teams, cybersecurity isn’t just a technical challenge — it’s a time challenge. A resource challenge. A how-do-we-even-get-started challenge.
That’s why every Lockwell feature we build is designed to remove friction, simplify security tasks, and give your team the power to protect itself — without needing a full-time IT department.
Here’s how we tackled some of the biggest security pain points this quarter.
Meet Elle – Your AI Cyber Defense Assistant
Security tools tend to flood you with alerts but stop short of providing real solutions. Small teams end up drowning in notifications — chasing vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and compliance tasks, with no time (or headcount) to stay ahead of the threats.
Elle, Lockwell's AI Cyber Defense Assistant changes that. Elle goes beyond detection to take direct action across your environment. Whether it's locking down access for a departing employee, scanning for malicious emails, securing vulnerable files, backing up your teams devices, or tracking down users who haven't closed issues, Elle steps in automatically — not just to tell you what's wrong, but to fix it.
From security operations to cyber posture management and compliance reporting, Elle has your back. She can generate compliance summaries for board meetings, help with third-party questionnaires, dig up audit log details across your team, or surface devices that are running outdated operating systems and missing patches. Need a list of current vulnerabilities in your organization? She's on it.
Elle is purpose-built for teams without dedicated security resources. She takes care of the heavy lifting so you can stay focused on running your business — not your security operations. And this is just the beginning!
If Elle hasn’t shown up in your dashboard just yet — don’t worry, she’s on the way! We’re rolling Elle out in phases to Lockwell customers to ensure a smooth, personalized experience for every team.
This approach lets us fine-tune the rollout, gather feedback, and make sure Elle is ready to serve you the moment she arrives. You’ll get a heads-up when she’s live in your account — and we can’t wait for you to meet her.
Device Backups
Losing a device can mean losing everything that was on it — especially if personal files aren’t being backed up consistently. For many small teams, there’s no formal backup system in place, which means one accident could set you back weeks.
Lockwell can now back up the files in your device’s home directory — including documents, downloads, desktop content, and more. While we don’t back up system files or applications, we do capture a list of installed apps so you can get back up and running faster.
If something goes wrong, you don’t have to start from scratch. You just recover and keep moving.
Note: Device backups are currently available on desktops and laptops only. Support for mobile devices is on our radar, but not live just yet.
Workspace Security
Google Drive makes sharing easy — and that’s part of the problem. Files can be shared too broadly, left public, or remain accessible to the wrong people long after a project ends. Without visibility into what’s exposed, those sharing mistakes can go unnoticed for months.
Lockwell now scans your organization’s Google Workspace for files with insecure permissions, flags risky ones in your dashboard, and helps you resolve them in a single click. No manual audits. No guesswork.
It’s a simple way to prevent accidental data leaks — and stay compliant with less effort.
Forensic Audit Logs
When something changes in your system — a device is disabled, a user is suspended, a VPN connection is made — it can be hard to trace what happened. That lack of visibility slows down investigations, makes audits harder, and adds stress during incidents.
Lockwell’s Forensics feature gives you a detailed audit trail that tracks who took an action, what it affected, and when it occurred. Logs are filterable, exportable, and accessible directly from your dashboard — giving you clear visibility when and where you need it most.
Here are just a few of the events we track:
VPN Connections
Routers connected to
Local device unlocks
Application installs and uninstalls
Lockwell logins
User activity: invited, activated, suspended, inactivated
Device actions: approved, disabled
SaaS login history (including “Sign in with Google” activity tied to your work account)
It’s built-in accountability, so nothing falls through the cracks.
Vendor Management
You rely on third-party vendors to do essential work — but most small teams don’t have a system in place to track those relationships. That can lead to gaps in documentation, unclear approval status, or missed compliance requirements.
Lockwell’s Vendor Management feature gives you a centralized place to add vendors, track their compliance, manage approvals, and upload key documents. You get better oversight, without needing to build your own process from scratch.
It’s a small feature with big impact — especially as your organization grows.
More Updates You Might’ve Missed
In addition to these major features, we’ve shipped several smaller updates that improve performance, visibility, and ease of use across the platform:
Dashboard stats and activity feed: Get personal and team-level insights at a glance
Improved VPN: Stronger performance and continent-level visual maps (with country-level views coming soon)
Email firewall upgrades: Better scanning, faster resolution, and improved detection of malicious emails
Faster onboarding: Simplified flows for inviting users and setting up your security program
Password Vault improvements: Google Keychain import support and smoother performance
Real-time location view: See where users and devices are connecting from — helpful for remote teams
Designed for Real-World Teams
Every feature we build is meant to make life easier for people managing real-world security needs — not hypothetical ones. These Q1 updates are live now, and they’re already helping Lockwell users stay protected with less effort and more confidence.
If you’re already using Lockwell, you’ll find these tools ready to go in your dashboard. And if you’re new here and curious what this could look like for your team, we’d love to show you.