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Keyfactor, the industry leader in digital trust for modern enterprises, today announced updates to EJBCA 9.1 and SignServer 7.1 Community Editions, which now include capabilities that support all NIST-standardized post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms. With these updates, Keyfactor is making its PQC-capable solutions available for testing among engineers, developers, and partners, accelerating quantum readiness by making quantum-safe public key infrastructure (PKI) and signing more accessible than ever.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, has been honored by CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, with a 5-Star Award in the 2025 CRN Partner Program Guide. This recognition marks Keyfactor’s fifth consecutive year being highlighted in the CRN Partner Program Guide.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, today announced the expansion of its partnership with Utimaco, a leading global provider of cybersecurity solutions, to deliver enhanced security and scalability for public key infrastructure (PKI) deployments. As part of the expanded partnership, Keyfactor’s next-generation EJBCA Hardware Appliance includes an integration with Utimaco’s General Purpose Hardware Security Module (HSM), providing organizations with the ability to securely issue and manage digital certificates at scale.

Keyfactor, the industry leader in digital trust for modern enterprises, today announced the upcoming launch of Command Risk Intelligence, ahead of its Keyfactor Tech Days conference. The new capability will be the world’s first certificate risk management solution. It provides unmatched visibility into every certificate in use and helps teams proactively identify and mitigate certificate-related risks before they disrupt business operations.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, today announced the speaker lineup for its upcoming Keyfactor Tech Days event in Miami Beach, Florida, from Tuesday, March 4 to Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Keyfactor’s signature event brings together digital trust and technology leaders from around the world, and will feature inspiring keynotes, interactive sessions, and hands-on workshops designed to address major trends reshaping digital security and comprehensive strategies for organizations to proactively prepare for disruption on the horizon and secure their digital future.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, today announced that Joe Tong, Senior Vice President of Global Channel, was named to the CRN 2025 Channel Chief List. This prestigious accolade recognizes the IT vendor and distribution executives who are driving strategy and setting the channel agenda for their companies.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place To Work®, the global authority on workplace culture and employee experience. The prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Keyfactor. This year, 93% of employees globally said Keyfactor is a Great Place To Work, underscoring the company’s continued commitment to its culture and people.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, today announced it ranked 266 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech, and energy tech companies in North America.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, today announced that it has been named the top leader in Frost & Sullivan’s 2024 Frost Radar™ for PKI-as-a-Service (PKIaaS).

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, has been recognized on the 2024 Inc. 5000 list for the fifth consecutive year, a testament to the company's impressive growth through a dynamic economic period and the growing needed for businesses to establish digital trust.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, today announced that the Bouncy Castle Java APIs for Java 8, 11, 17, and 21, one of the most widely used open-source cryptographic APIs, has received Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-3 certification from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). As a sponsor of the Legion of the Bouncy Castle, the charitable organization behind Bouncy Castle, Keyfactor enables continued development and FIPS certification for the popular APIs.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, has been named to Inc. magazine’s annual Best Workplaces list for the fourth consecutive year. Driven by its people-first approach, Keyfactor’s culture and workplace continue to stand out and be recognized.

Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) today announced that Jordan Rackie, CEO of Keyfactor, was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024 East Central Award winner. Entrepreneur Of The Year is the preeminent competitive awards program for entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies. Rackie was recognized for leading the company through substantial corporate hyper-growth and achieving impactful cultural accolades.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, today announced it has won the 2024 Fortress Cyber Security Awards in the Cryptography category. This is the third consecutive year Keyfactor’s best-in-class public key infrastructure (PKI) and crypto-agility solutions have been recognized.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Christina Northcott, Keyfactor’s Senior Director of Global Field & Channel Marketing, to the Women of the Channel list for 2024.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, today announced it has won a Global InfoSec Award in the PKIaaS category from Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), the industry’s leading electronic information security magazine. This is Keyfactor’s third consecutive year winning a Global InfoSec Award, and second consecutive year winning the Public Key Infrastructure-as-a-Service (PKIaaS) award.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, today announced the appointment of Scott Meyerhoff as Chief Financial Officer. In this role, Meyerhoff will oversee Keyfactor’s global financial strategy and will partner with the company’s leadership team to operationalize the next cycle of corporate growth.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, and Vanson Bourne today announced findings from the 2024 PKI & Digital Trust Report. With the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) expected to finalize post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standards in the second half of 2024, this latest report explores present-day challenges that create barriers to building a strong foundation of digital trust. In particular, findings demonstrate that these barriers are only expected to worsen as organizations prepare for PQC.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, today announced the availability of its new lightweight certificate lifecycle management solution, Command SaaS Lite, in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Azure. Keyfactor customers can now take advantage of the productive and trusted Azure cloud platform, with streamlined deployment and management.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, has been recognized by CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, with a prestigious 5-Star Award in its 2024 Partner Program Guide. The Keyfactor Partner Program has been recognized in CRN’s Partner Program Guide for four consecutive years.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, today announced the launch of its Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Lab on the Azure Marketplace, a free, SaaS-based sandbox, where users can generate and test quantum-resilient digital certificates in a safe environment, helping organizations kickstart their journey to quantum-readiness.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, announced it has surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue, demonstrating its clear position as the cybersecurity industry’s leading digital trust innovator. To fuel the next chapter of hyper-growth, Keyfactor is expanding its leadership team by promoting Brandon Tubandt to Chief Customer Officer and Jamie Walker to Chief Marketing Officer.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, today announced that Joe Tong, Senior Vice President of Global Channel, was named on the CRN 2024 Channel Chief List. Released annually, the prestigious CRN Channel Chiefs List recognizes the top leaders throughout the IT channel ecosystem who are advancing the channel agenda and driving successful channel partner programs and strategies for their companies. This is the second consecutive year Tong has been named to the list.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, today announced it ranked 261 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech, and energy tech companies in North America.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, and Vanson Bourne today released findings from an independent survey and analysis that examines the state of IoT security for both manufacturers and end users. The report, “Digital Trust in a Connected World: Navigating the State of IoT Security,” reveals concerns and challenges modern businesses face when establishing digital trust in today’s connected world, and shows nearly all organizations (97%) are struggling to secure their IoT and connected products to some degree. The research survey also found that 98% of organizations experienced certificate outages in the last 12 months, costing an average of over $2.25 million.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, has been recognized on the 2023 Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. With a three-year revenue growth of over 526%, the company attributes its success to high market demand to support the growing number of machine identities that are mission-critical to business operations today.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, today announced it has joined the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence’s (NCCoE’s) Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography Building Block Consortium. Keyfactor joins companies, including Microsoft, IBM, and AWS, to bring about awareness to the issues involved in migrating to post-quantum algorithms and to develop practices to ease migration from current public-key cryptographic algorithms to replacement algorithms.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, today announced the launch of two innovative product updates, EJBCA 8.0 and SignServer 6.0. The updates bring significant advancements in post-quantum readiness and Internet of Things (IoT) security as organizations seek safeguards against the rising possibility of cyberattacks brought on by developments in and growth of both technologies.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, today announced that it has won the 2023 Fortress Cyber Security Awards in the Cryptography category.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, in collaboration with Microsoft, has announced the inaugural 2023 Digital Trust Tour, a multi-city event series that will bring industry IT and security practitioners together to discuss how enterprises can establish digital trust in a zero-trust world, as well as the foundational pieces needed to make it happen.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, has been named to Inc. magazine’s annual Best Workplaces list for the third consecutive year. As one of the most prestigious national workplace recognition programs, the list is the result of a comprehensive measurement of American-headquartered companies that have excelled in creating exceptional workplaces and company culture, whether operating in a physical or virtual facility. Keyfactor was also recognized in the "Robust and Powerful: $50MM+ in gross revenue" category.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, today announced it has won a Global InfoSec Award in the PKIaaS category from Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), the industry’s leading electronic information security magazine. This is Keyfactor’s second-consecutive year winning a Global InfoSec Award, with last year’s award win in the Identity & Access Management category.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, today announced that its code signing as-a-service platform, Keyfactor Signum SaaS, is now available on Azure Marketplace. By offering Keyfactor Signum SaaS through Azure, developers have a self-service, instant deployment option to securely sign code and containers.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, today announced it achieved a 5-star rating on CRN®’s, a brand of The Channel Company, 2023 Partner Program Guide. The Keyfactor Partner Program has been recognized in CRN’s Partner Program Guide for three consecutive years.

Keyfactor, the identity-first security solution for modern enterprises, and Ponemon Institute today announced findings from the 2023 State of Machine Identity Management Report. In its third edition, the data illustrates macro trends within the enterprise that have fueled a turbulent 12-month period. According to research, the volume of machine identities, which continues to increase at an exponential rate year over year, creates significant challenges related to visibility, management, and mitigation.

Keyfactor, the machine and IoT identity platform for modern enterprises, today announced it has joined the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA), a leading organization that serves to create and promote universal, open standards for more secure product interaction and connection. Joining 260+ of the world’s most innovative brands, including Amazon, Apple and Google, among others, Keyfactor’s CSA membership validates the company’s approach to implement trust and authentication between connected devices and applications.

Keyfactor, the machine and IoT identity platform for modern enterprises, today announced the appointment of Michael de Paris as Vice President of EMEA Channels and Joe Tong’s inclusion on the CRN 2023 Channel Chief List.

Keyfactor, the machine and IoT identity platform for modern enterprises, today announced it is now Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) v3.2 certified.

Keyfactor, the machine and IoT identity platform for modern enterprises, today announced that it will sponsor the Legion of the Bouncy Castle, the charitable organization behind Bouncy Castle. The sponsorship enables Bouncy Castle, one of the most widely used open-source cryptographic APIs, to provide developers with seamless access to the entire cryptographic library of Java and C# releases as it continues to expand.

Keyfactor, the machine and IoT identity platform for modern enterprises, today announced the launch of Keyfactor Command 10, a platform update with new features to improve the user experience, enhance automation, and provide native integration with Keyfactor EJBCA PKI.

Keyfactor, the machine and IoT identity platform for modern enterprises, today announced it placed as the fastest-growing digital key and certificate automation provider on this year’s Deloitte Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech, and energy tech companies in North America. The company also ranks as the third fastest-growing company in Ohio.

Keyfactor, the machine and IoT identity platform for modern enterprises, today announced the launch of Keyfactor Signum, a new code signing as-a-service platform that makes it easy for developers to sign code and containers in a secure way, without disrupting productivity.

Keyfactor, the machine and IoT identity platform for modern enterprises, has been recognized on the 2022 Inc. 5000 list as one of the fastest growing private companies in America. The list represents a one-of-a-kind look at the most successful companies within the economy’s most dynamic segment— independent businesses.

Keyfactor, the machine and IoT identity platform for modern enterprises, today announced the launch of EJBCA SaaS on Microsoft Azure. The availability on Azure Marketplace allows customers to accelerate cloud migration in a secure manner, authenticating digital identities with cloud-native PKI.

Keyfactor, the machine and IoT identity platform for modern enterprises, today announced the launch of its new Keyfactor Community. The community will give developers, operations, and engineering teams the knowledge and open-source tools needed to implement the best security solutions for their use case or product.

Keyfactor, the machine and IoT identity platform for modern enterprises, today announced a technology integration with Fortanix, the data first multi-cloud security company and a Confidential Computing leader. The new integration allows leading enterprises and managed service providers to effectively manage all machine identities across hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructure while reducing complexity in ensuring sensitive private keys remain protected.

Keyfactor, the machine and IoT identity platform for modern enterprises, has been named to Inc. magazine’s annual Best Workplaces list for the second consecutive year. As one of the most prestigious national workplace recognition programs, the list is the result of a comprehensive measurement of American companies that have excelled in creating exceptional workplaces and company culture, whether operating in a physical or virtual facility.

Keyfactor, the machine and IoT identity platform for modern enterprises, today announced it was included in the 2022 CRN® Partner Program Guide, a brand of The Channel Company. CRN’s annual Partner Program Guide is the ultimate list of the most notable partner programs from industry-leading technology vendors that provide innovative products and services through the IT channel.

Keyfactor, the machine and IoT identity platform for modern enterprises, and Ponemon Institute today released the second-annual State of Machine Identity Management Report. 2022 findings validate the correlation between the growing digital footprint in today’s modern enterprise and the security challenges inherent to properly managing and protecting machine identities, such as X.509 certificates, code signing keys and SSH keys.

Keyfactor, the machine and IoT identity platform for modern enterprises, today announced the appointment of Gail Joyce as Chief People Officer. Joyce’s long-established success in HR and people leadership roles strengthens Keyfactor’s award-winning culture and enables the company to accelerate hypergrowth on a global scale.

Keyfactor, the leader in PKI and machine identity automation, is pleased to announce that CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named B.J. Ferguson, Vice President, Global Channel Sales and Operations, to its 2022 Channel Chiefs list. CRN’s annual Channel Chiefs project identifies top IT channel vendor executives who continually demonstrate expertise, influence and innovation in channel leadership.

Keyfactor, the pioneer of PKI as-a-Service, and leader in machine identity management, today announced it placed as the fastest-growing digital key and certificate automation provider on this year’s Deloitte Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech, and energy tech companies in North America. The company also ranks as the fastest-growing digital key and certificate automation provider on the list for the second year in a row.