Keeper Security, Craig Lurey

Additional Info

Job title of nominated professional (or team name)Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder
Company (where nominated professional or team is working)Keeper Security
Websitehttps://www.keepersecurity.com/
Company size (employees)100 to 499
CountryUnited States
Headquarters RegionNorth America

Overview

Keeper Security CTO and co-founder Craig Lurey is a serial entrepreneur with decades of experience as a technological visionary and proven leader in the technology and cybersecurity industries. He co-founded Keeper with CEO Darren Guccione, conceiving the early plans for the world’s top-rated password manager and secure digital vault 14 years ago, while on a long flight overseas.

Craig uses his technology leadership and software development expertise to support, guide and propel Keeper’s high-velocity software engineering team. Under Craig’s leadership, Keeper Security has significantly advanced the company’s enterprise and consumer product offerings. Craig is a critical contributor to all of Keeper’s product enhancements and innovations. He drives his team to climb new mountains, reach new summits and solve important issues, including problems customers may not have even known they had.

One of Craig’s most commendable traits is his dedication to the professional growth of his team members. He challenges them to think innovatively and approach problem-solving from new angles, fostering a culture of continuous learning and development. Craig’s leadership style, characterized by open communication and a flat hierarchy, encourages every team member to contribute their ideas and opinions, creating a collaborative and inclusive environment.

Prior to Keeper, Craig served as the CTO of Callpod, Inc., a technology company that creates unique power products and software, and the CTO of NinthDecimal, formerly known as JiWire, Inc.. While at NinthDecimal, Craig led the development of technology to deliver web services and security applications to millions of users worldwide. Additionally, Craig co-founded Apollo Solutions, Inc., which was acquired by CNET Networks (now CBS Interactive). In 1998, Craig created a software platform for what would become CNET ChannelOnline™, a turnkey sales-cycle automation solution for the computer industry. ChannelOnline now manages the e-commerce and daily operations of thousands of computer resellers throughout

Accomplishments

Keeper Security was co-founded by two cybersecurity visionaries, Darren Guccione (CEO) and Craig Lurey (CTO). Fourteen years ago, Darren and Craig conceived the early plans for the world’s top-rated password manager and secure digital vault on a long overseas flight.


Today, Keeper is the leading provider of zero-trust and zero-knowledge cybersecurity software protecting passwords, passkeys, privileged access, secrets and remote connections. Trusted by millions of individuals and thousands of organizations, Keeper is transforming the way organizations and individuals protect their credentials, secrets, connections and sensitive digital assets to significantly reduce the risks of identity-related cyber attacks, while gaining organization-wide visibility and control.
Keeper isn’t just committed to security; they are fanatical about it. Keeper's zero-trust and zero-knowledge cybersecurity solutions are FedRAMP and StateRAMP Authorized, FIPS 140-2 validated, as well as SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliant. Every organization needs to secure its passwords, credentials, secrets and connections to reduce the risk of cyber attacks and defend against internal and external threat vectors. Keeper’s priority is to create simple, easy-to-use and highly scalable solutions to help meet the needs of today’s IT and security professionals.


Keeper is the first company to unify three essential IAM products - Keeper Connection Manager, Keeper Secrets Manager and Enterprise Password Manager - to create a next generation Privileged Access Management (PAM) solution called KeeperPAM. Keeper provides the most critical components of privileged access management without the complexity of traditional PAM solutions to quickly and seamlessly integrate with any existing tech and IAM stack, and achieve enterprise-wide coverage and visibility. The solution enables zero-trust and zero-knowledge security and compliance by unifying password, secrets and connections management into one platform.