Terry KS Keeper Security has been recognized as an Overall Leader in the KuppingerCole Leadership Compass for Non-Human Identity Management, citing its strengths in zero-trust architecture, zero-knowledge encryption and advanced secrets management. The report highlights Keeper’s innovation in securing machine and workload identities across modern, automated infrastructures.
SINGAPORE, 5 DECEMBER 2025 – Keeper Security has been named an Overall Leader in the latest KuppingerCole Leadership Compass: Non-Human Identity Management, reinforcing the company’s position as a front-runner in securing machine and workload identities across modern digital ecosystems. The evaluation, which reviewed more than two dozen global vendors, also recognized Keeper as a Product Leader and Innovation Leader for its advanced capabilities in lifecycle governance, automation and cloud-native integrations delivered through Keeper Secrets Manager.
As organizations adopt automation, cloud services, DevOps pipelines and AI-driven workloads, the volume of non-human identities – including applications, containers, APIs, service accounts and scripts – has surged. Keeper CEO and Co-founder Darren Guccione said this shift marks a new frontier in cybersecurity, with machine identities now far outpacing human users. He noted that Keeper’s zero-trust and zero-knowledge architecture is designed to secure every identity without introducing vendor-side risk.
Keeper’s zero-knowledge encryption model ensures full client-side encryption, keeping both data and encryption keys under customer control. This removes vendor trust from the security equation, allowing organizations to centralize non-human identity and secrets management without creating additional exposure or supply chain vulnerabilities. As automation accelerates, this architecture enables scalable, secure growth.
Keeper Secrets Manager addresses rising complexity by providing full lifecycle control of machine identities and eliminating hardcoded credentials and unmanaged secrets often buried in infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines. Secrets can be programmatically rotated and governed based on identity, policy and runtime context, supporting zero-trust policies and compliance standards such as NIST SP 800-53 and ISO 27001.
The KuppingerCole report highlighted several technical strengths, including FIPS 140-3 validated cryptography, automated lifecycle management for VMs, containers and microservices, and deep DevOps integrations with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab, CircleCI, Bitbucket Pipelines and Azure DevOps. Keeper was also recognized for advanced analytics, real-time risk dashboards, SIEM integration and compliance tools supporting GDPR, HIPAA and PCI DSS.
Keeper CTO and Co-founder Craig Lurey emphasized that identity security now extends well beyond humans, covering AI agents, scripts and DevOps tools that require least-privilege access controls. He said Keeper’s platform is designed to secure these workflows by default, enabling organizations to adopt automation without increasing risk.
The recognition underscores Keeper’s momentum in modern identity and access security. Through its KeeperPAM platform, the company offers unified visibility, zero-trust enforcement and centralized governance across every credential and connection in the environment. Keeper is one of only nine vendors named as an Overall Leader in this rapidly growing non-human identity management market.