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ABOUT SECUREAUTH

The IdentityAuthority

We envision a world where more security doesn't equal more obstacles—where protection and experience work together.

20+
Years of Innovation
500+
Enterprise Clients
750M+
Identities Secured

SecureAuth internal data, 2026

Our Vision

Every Identity Problem. One Platform. No Gaps, No Excuses.

Workforce · Customer · Partner · API · AI Agent

One platform. No gaps. No excuses.

Most vendors cobbled together acquisitions and called it a platform. We did something different. We spent over two decades deliberately engineering every layer, from adaptive MFA and passwordless authentication to fine-grained authorization, behavioral AI, physical presence detection, and agentic identity governance. We acquired Acceptto, Cloudentity, and SessionGuardian not to bolt on features, but to fuse capabilities that no one else has into a single, unified authority plane.

The result is the SecureAuth Private Authority Platform™, the only identity platform that continuously verifies, governs, and enforces access at the moment of action, not just at login. We don't stop at "token issued" while the rest of the session goes blind. We enforce policy where it matters: at the endpoint, at the API, at the agent, in real time.

We're not a startup chasing hype. We're not a legacy vendor coasting on inertia. We are a mature company with the innovative fire of a founder-led team, and we took our time building this because identity is too important to get wrong. Now we're here, and we're ready to prove it.

Our Journey

Two Decades Of Identity Innovation

2005

SecureAuth Founded

Launched in Irvine, CA with a singular mission: make identity security stronger without making it harder.

2010

Adaptive MFA Pioneer

First to market with risk-based authentication, adjusting security in real-time based on context.

2014

Device Trust & SSO

Introduced device fingerprinting and adaptive single sign-on, extending identity assurance to endpoints.

2017

$200M+ Investment & Core Security Merger

Raised over $200M backed by K1 Investment Management and merged with Core Security to combine IAM with vulnerability and threat intelligence.

2018

Passwordless Leader

Eliminated password friction with biometrics, push notifications, and device-based authentication.

2019

FIDO2 & Zero Trust

Adopted FIDO2/WebAuthn standards and embedded Zero Trust architecture into the platform.

2021

Acceptto Acquisition

Added continuous behavioral authentication and AI-driven threat detection to our platform.

2023

Identity Proofing Patents

Awarded new patents for identity proofing methods that enhance passwordless continuous authentication.

2023

Cloudentity Acquisition

Expanded into fine-grained authorization, API security, and dynamic access control.

2024

SessionGuardian Acquisition

Added Presence Authority with continuous physical presence detection, ensuring the authenticated user remains at the device throughout the session.

2026

Identity Authority Platform

Unifying all identity use cases — workforce, customer, B2B, API, and agentic — into one comprehensive platform.

Award-Winning Platform

Proven ExcellenceIn Identity Security

SecureAuth's innovation in identity security has been recognized with top industry awards over 2 decades, most recently including:

Globee Awards 2025

Globee Awards 2025

Best of Category in Advanced Biometric Authentication Technology

Globee Business Awards 2026

Globee Business Awards 2026

Gold Winner — Authentication (Single, Two-Factor, Multi, or Cloud Based) Solution

Globee Business Awards 2026

Globee Business Awards 2026

Silver Winner, Best of Category — Unified Authorization and Authentication

RemoteTech Breakthrough Award 2025

RemoteTech Breakthrough Award 2025

Overall Remote Work Security Solution of the Year

Meet Our Team

Leadership