Keeper Security

Overview
Keeper Security, Inc. is a cybersecurity company headquartered in Chicago that develops zero-trust and zero-knowledge software for password and passkey management, secrets management and privileged access management. It was co-founded in 2011 by Darren Guccione, its Chief Executive Officer, and Craig Lurey, its Chief Technology Officer, who had developed the first Keeper app in 2009. The company reports that millions of individuals and thousands of organisations use its products, from small offices to multinational enterprises and public-sector bodies. Its investors include Insight Partners and Summit Partners.

Why this entity matters
Keeper Security matters because stolen and reused credentials remain one of the most common entry points in cyberattacks, and password and privileged access management has become a standard control that auditors, insurers and regulators ask about. Keeper is one of the larger independent vendors in this category and has moved from a consumer password manager toward a platform for privileged access, where competitors include much larger security companies. Its FedRAMP authorisations show the level of security review the product has passed for US government use. For European buyers, including small and mid-sized companies preparing for obligations under the NIS2 directive, vendors like Keeper are part of the practical question of how to control who can access which systems.

Company history and product
According to Wikipedia, the first Keeper app was developed in 2009 by Craig Lurey and Darren Guccione, who formally co-founded Keeper Security, Inc. in 2011; Summit Partners' announcement also gives 2011 as the founding year. The product line expanded from personal password management into business products: KeeperMSP for managed service providers (2019), SSO Connect (2021), Keeper Secrets Manager (announced January 2022) and Keeper Connection Manager (2022), the latter built on Glyptodon, which Keeper acquired in February 2022. These privileged access tools are now grouped as KeeperPAM, alongside Endpoint Privilege Manager, KeeperDB and Remote Browser Isolation. Keeper Security Government Cloud received FedRAMP Moderate authorisation in August 2022, per Wikipedia, and ExecutiveBiz reported FedRAMP High authorisation on 29 December 2025, assessed against NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5. On funding, Insight Partners made a USD 60 million minority investment in August 2020, and on 9 May 2023 Summit Partners announced a minority growth equity investment with no other terms disclosed; Len Ferrington of Summit Partners joined the Board. In 2023 the company also opened an Asia-Pacific base in Tokyo.

Role in the startup and technology landscape of Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Keeper Security is not based in Germany, Austria or Switzerland; it serves European business customers through its EMEA sales office in Cork, Ireland. Its relevance for Startuprad.io's audience is practical. Startups and scale-ups that sell to German enterprises are increasingly asked in vendor due diligence how they manage passwords, secrets and administrator access, and rules such as NIS2 push these questions down the supply chain. Password managers and privileged access management tools are among the first security controls many young companies adopt to answer them. Keeper is also a reference case for how a security vendor founded by two engineers grew into the enterprise and government market with minority growth investors rather than a sale.

Selected relationships and affiliations
Co-founders: Darren Guccione (Chief Executive Officer); Craig Lurey (Chief Technology Officer). Investors: Insight Partners (2020; Thomas Krane, Managing Director, quoted in 2023); Summit Partners (2023; Len Ferrington, Managing Director, joined the Board). Acquisition: Glyptodon Inc. (2022). Government offering: Keeper Security Government Cloud (FedRAMP Moderate and High). Offices: Chicago; El Dorado Hills; Cork; Tokyo. Startuprad.io: cooperation partner.

Startuprad.io relevance
Keeper Security has cooperated with Startuprad.io. It is listed among Startuprad.io's selected cooperations at https://www.startuprad.io/become-a-partner and among the organisations Startuprad.io has worked with at https://www.startuprad.io/aboutus/recognition . The entity links into Startuprad.io's coverage of cybersecurity, NIS2 vendor due diligence and selling software to German buyers.

Keeper Security appears in the following Startuprad.io editorial piece.

Startuprad.io Turns 12: What Twelve Years of Startup Conversations Taught Us
Published: 31 October 2026
Last updated: 31 October 2026
Coverage type: Anniversary feature (cooperation acknowledgement)
https://www.startuprad.io/post/startuprad-io-turns-12-what-twelve-years-of-startup-conversations-taught-us

Public source context
This profile draws on Keeper Security's own about page https://www.keepersecurity.com/about.html , Summit Partners' announcement of its 2023 investment https://summitpartners.com/news/keeper-security-announces-minority-growth-equity-investment-from-summit-partners , ExecutiveBiz's report on the FedRAMP High authorisation https://www.executivebiz.com/articles/keeper-security-fedramp-high-zero-trust-cloud , the Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeper_(password_manager) (founding history, product launches, 2020 Insight Partners investment and FedRAMP Moderate authorisation), Startuprad.io's partner list https://www.startuprad.io/become-a-partner and recognition page https://www.startuprad.io/aboutus/recognition , and Startuprad.io's coverage archive listed above.

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