CHICAGO – November 02, 2026 -- Keeper Security won seven honors in Cyber Defense Magazine's 2026 Top InfoSec Innovators Awards. They cover government security, AI agent identity, privileged access management (PAM) and quantum-resilient encryption, and three go to its top executives.

Three executives and four product categories take awards

The product awards are Next-Gen Cybersecurity for the Government, Most Innovative Identity Management for AI Agents, Hot Company Privileged Access Management and Pioneering Quantum Resilient Encryption. CEO and co-founder Darren Guccione won Pioneering Cybersecurity Visionary. CTO and co-founder Craig Lurey won Trailblazing Chief Technology Officer. CISO Shane Barney won Trailblazing Chief Information Security Officer.

KeeperAI terminates risky privileged sessions in real time

Keeper cited KeeperAI, which automatically identifies and terminates high-risk privileged sessions in real time, as a core PAM advance. In the public sector, the company holds FedRAMP High Certification and GovRAMP High Authorization.

AI Agent Kit puts autonomous systems under human-level governance

The Keeper AI Agent Kit brings autonomous systems and Model Context Protocol servers under the same governance as human users.

Kyber layer on elliptic curve cryptography enables algorithm swaps

Keeper layers NIST-standardized Kyber encryption over the elliptic curve cryptography that defends against current threats. The crypto-agile design lets the platform swap algorithms quickly if new quantum vulnerabilities emerge.

Guccione said AI agents are forcing organizations to defend at machine speed, while quantum decryption demands a rethink of data protection. "You simply can't fight those battles with legacy tools," he said.

Yan Ross, Editor of Cyber Defense Magazine, said the awards recognize innovators working against the exponential growth in cybercrime.