# Keyfactor

> Keyfactor is an enterprise cybersecurity company that discovers, issues, automates, and governs the cryptographic certificates, keys, algorithms, and signatures behind machine-to-machine trust. Its platform combines certificate lifecycle automation, public key infrastructure, code signing, cryptographic discovery, managed PKI, and open-source cryptographic tooling, giving large organizations one operating layer for preventing certificate outages, proving machine identity, meeting policy requirements, and preparing for post-quantum migration.

- **Founded:** 2001
- **Headquarters:** Independence, Ohio, United States
- **Founders:** Kevin von Keyserling (Co-founder and former CEO), Ted Shorter (Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer)
- **Team size:** Approximately 590 employees in the supplied company data; LinkedIn lists 501-1,000 employees and showed 584 profiles in 2026.
- **Products:** Keyfactor Trust Control Plane, Keyfactor Command, Keyfactor EJBCA, PKI as a Service, Keyfactor AgileSec
- **Notable:** Surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue by February 2024., Reported 525% three-year revenue growth and four consecutive appearances as the fastest-growing digital trust provider on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 by 2024; it reached a sixth consecutive Fast 500 appearance in 2025., Trusted by 40% of the Fortune 100, according to the company's current customer page.

## Products & services

- **Keyfactor Trust Control Plane** — The 2026 platform and operating model that connects continuous cryptographic discovery, risk analysis, trust establishment, lifecycle orchestration, and policy governance.
- **Keyfactor Command** — Certificate lifecycle automation for discovering, inventorying, issuing, renewing, and reporting on certificates across hybrid and multi-cloud estates.
- **Keyfactor EJBCA** — A scalable public key infrastructure and certificate authority platform available in enterprise, SaaS, appliance, container, and open-source community forms.
- **PKI as a Service** — A managed service combining hosted PKI operations with certificate lifecycle automation for organizations that do not want to run every layer themselves.
- **Keyfactor AgileSec** — Cryptographic posture management that discovers cryptographic assets in code, files, applications, devices, and cloud environments, then maps risk and compliance exposure.
- **CipherInsights** — A lightweight passive network sensor that analyzes encrypted traffic and flags weak protocols, self-signed certificates, unencrypted traffic, and other cryptographic risks.
- **Keyfactor SignServer and Signum** — Enterprise signing software and signing-as-a-service for protecting keys and automating signatures across code, documents, containers, and software delivery workflows.
- **Bouncy Castle APIs** — Widely used open-source cryptographic libraries and FIPS-certified APIs for Java and C#, with active work on post-quantum algorithms.
- **Keyfactor Command for IoT** — Identity provisioning and lifecycle management for connected devices, from manufacturing and initial enrollment through field updates and end-of-life.
- **Professional Services and Education** — Advisory, implementation, support, training, and enablement for PKI, certificate automation, cryptographic discovery, signing, and IoT deployments.

## Achievements

- Surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue by February 2024.
- Reported 525% three-year revenue growth and four consecutive appearances as the fastest-growing digital trust provider on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 by 2024; it reached a sixth consecutive Fast 500 appearance in 2025.
- Trusted by 40% of the Fortune 100, according to the company's current customer page.
- Achieved FedRAMP Moderate authorization for Keyfactor for Government CLAaaS in May 2026.
- Named to Inc.'s Best Workplaces list for a sixth consecutive year in June 2026.
- A commissioned Forrester Consulting study modeled 356% ROI, $12.7 million in risk-adjusted benefits, and payback under six months for a composite enterprise customer.
- Maintains large open-source ecosystems around EJBCA, SignServer, Bouncy Castle, and nearly 200 public Keyfactor GitHub repositories.
- Secured a $1 billion+ strategic growth investment led by Summit Partners in July 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Announced a $1 billion+ strategic growth investment led by Summit Partners; Insight Partners and Sixth Street Growth retained significant ownership.
- **2026-06** — Launched the Trust Control Plane, organizing discovery, risk analysis, identity provisioning, orchestration, and governance into a continuous enterprise operating model.
- **2026-06** — Refreshed the Keyfactor brand around trust infrastructure for AI and machines.
- **2026-06** — Named to Inc.'s Best Workplaces list for a sixth consecutive year.
- **2026-05** — Keyfactor for Government CLAaaS achieved FedRAMP Moderate authorization.
- **2025-05** — Acquired InfoSec Global and CipherInsights, adding cryptographic asset discovery, posture management, passive network monitoring, and crypto-agility capabilities.

## Links

- Website: https://www.keyfactor.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wearekeyfactor
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/keyfactor
- GitHub: https://github.com/Keyfactor
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/KeyfactorSecure
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wearekeyfactor/

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Last updated: 2026-08-14