Keyfactor acquires UK identity security platform Cofide
Adds workload and AI agent identity management to Keyfactor's Trust Control Plane, unifying governance of non-human identities.
Takeaways
- Cofide is a identity platform securing cloud workloads and AI agents.
- Keyfactor is acquiring Cofide with backing from Summit Partners.
- The target serves enterprise identity security for cloud and AI workloads across UK.
Summit Partners-backed Keyfactor expanded its trust infrastructure for non-human identities with the acquisition of Cofide, a UK-based platform that secures software workloads and AI agents across cloud environments.
Cofide assigns each workload and AI agent a unique, short-lived verified identity, limiting agent authority and replacing static credentials.
"We built Cofide to provide an open standards-based trust layer that unifies workload IAM across multiple cloud platforms and environments, reducing operational complexity while strengthening our customer's security," said Matthew Bates, Founder and CEO, Cofide.
The transaction extends Keyfactor's Trust Control Plane to cover workloads and AI agents, allowing security teams to manage every non-human identity from a single system.
Cofide's team and technology will join Keyfactor immediately.
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