Keeper (password manager)

Keeper uses a freemium pricing model for individual consumers[4] and a subscription-based model for households and businesses.[5] The free individual version of Keeper offers storage for passwords, identity data, and financial information, as well as a password generator and two-factor authentication (2FA) on a single mobile device. The subscription-based model for individual consumers offers additional features, such as unlimited password, identity data, and financial data storage across an unlimited number of devices, cross-device syncing, and record-sharing capabilities.[6] Keeper’s “Family” plans extend these features to up to five people in a household.[7]

Keeper also offers a variety of add-ons at additional cost, including:

• BreachWatch, a tool that monitors the Dark Web for stolen passwords and notifies users if their credentials are found.[8]
• KeeperChat, a secure messaging application. KeeperChat is free for individuals and sold on a subscription basis to businesses.[9]
• Keeper Secure File Storage, which enables users to store confidential files, photos, and videos in their Keeper Vaults.[10]

Keeper is available as both a mobile app for Android, iOS, and Kindle, as well as a desktop application for Windows, Linux, and MacOS.[2] It also offers a desktop browser extension for Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Internet Explorer, and Opera.[11] The mobile app, desktop app, and browser extension can generate random passwords for new website and app accounts and fill in existing apps and accounts automatically.[12]

Users secure their Keeper vaults with a “master password.” Users can further protect their Keeper vaults via a variety of multi-factor authentication methods, including Google Authenticator, Duo Security, FIDO U2F, and biometrics.[13]

Keeper users can directly share passwords, files, and other information “vault to vault” with other Keeper users; all shared content is secured with PKI encryption.[14]

Keeper utilizes a zero-knowledge security architecture, where encryption of user passwords and other data is performed locally on the user’s device. Customer vaults are secured using an AES-256 key, which is derived from the user’s master password using PBKDF2. Only encrypted ciphertext is stored on Keeper’s servers, and Keeper has no way of decrypting the data its customers store in their digital vaults, nor can it retrieve their master passwords.[15]

Keeper’s business subscriptions offer the same features as its subscription-based plans for consumers, plus additional tools that are specific to organizations, including multi-tenant password management, user provisioning, auditing, reporting, Active Directory integration, and delegated administration, all of which are accessed through a centralized administration console.[16]

In 2009, Craig Lurey developed the original Keeper app while on a long business flight to China with Darren Guccione.[17] In 2011, Lurey and Guccione officially co-founded Keeper Security, Inc. As of March 2022, Keeper had offices located in Chicago (Headquarters), California (Software Development), Ireland (EMEA Business Sales) and the Philippines (International Customer Support).[18]

In October 2019, Keeper launched KeeperMSP, a password management platform designed specifically for managed service providers (MSPs), managed security service providers (MSSPs), and their customers.[19]

In August 2020, Keeper received a $60 million minority investment from venture capital firm Insight Partners.[20]

In March 2021, Keeper launched Keeper SSO Connect, a SAML 2.0 SaaS solution that enables businesses to integrate their existing single sign-on (SSO) deployments with Keeper’s password management platform.[21]

In May 2021, Keeper became the first password management platform to be listed on the U.S. federal government’s FedRAMP Marketplace as a “CSP in Process.”[22]

In January 2022, Keeper announced the launch of Keeper Secrets Manager, which stores confidential data related to IT infrastructure, such as API keys, certificates, database passwords, and access keys.[23]

In February 2022, Keeper acquired remote access gateway company Glyptodon Inc., creator of Glyptodon Enterprise and the open-source platform Apache Guacamole.[24]

PCMag named Keeper “Best Password Manager for Businesses" (2022), as well as Best Password Manager and Editors' Choice for the previous three consecutive years.[25]

Tom’s Guide named Keeper one of the best password managers of 2022.[26]

U.S. News & World Report’s 360 Reviews team named Keeper Best Overall Password Manager of 2021.[4]

In December 2017, Keeper was bundled with Windows 10 by Microsoft. Google security researcher Tavis Ormandy disclosed that the software recommended installing a browser addon which contained a vulnerability allowing any website to steal any password.[27] A nearly identical vulnerability was already previously discovered and disclosed to Keeper in 2016.[28][29] Within 24 hours the company issued a patch.[30][31] Days later, the company that makes Keeper sued Ars Technica claiming their article was defamatory and misleading.[32] The lawsuit was dismissed on March 30, 2018 and Ars Technica added further clarifications to the article.[33] Keeper launched a public vulnerability disclosure program with Bugcrowd following the lawsuit.[34]

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