When legacy identity security companies say “zero-trust,” they often really mean “trust our software, hardware, and company to be free of vulnerabilities and insider threats.”
When we say “zero-trust,” we mean it. Our platform leverages patented post-quantum cryptographic techniques to bring mathematically-provable security to complex modern applications. As long as the laws of mathematics don't fail, your security won't either.
When legacy identity security companies say “zero-trust,” they often really mean “trust our software, hardware, and company to be free of vulnerabilities and insider threats.”
When we say “zero-trust,” we mean it. Our platform leverages patented post-quantum cryptographic techniques to bring mathematically-provable security to complex modern applications. As long as the laws of mathematics don't fail, your security won't either.
Multifactor, Inc. is a registered Public Benefit Corporation.
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Vivek Nair, Ph.D., has over a decade of experience researching applied cryptographic techniques to secure critical systems. Dr. Nair previously served as a Technical Lead within elite cyber units of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and US Department of Defense (DoD), where he received the Directorate’s Exceptional Performance Award for advancing the frontiers of US cyber operations. He completed his Ph.D. in Computer Science at UC Berkeley at the age of 22, supported by prestigious fellowships from the National Science Foundation, the National Physical Sciences Consortium, and the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation. His research has been prominently featured in The Washington Post, Forbes, Bloomberg, and more.
Colin Roberts, Ph.D., is an applied mathematician with a passion for creating provably secure cryptographic systems. Dr. Roberts has years of experience supporting innovative applied cryptography research, including in Staff Research Engineer roles at Web3 startups Pluto and Primitive, where he audited and designed smart contract systems and developed proving schemes for verifiable TLS attestations. He earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Colorado State University, and the open-source cryptography, mathematics, and simulation repositories he maintains have thousands of combined GitHub stars.
Let's build the future of zero-trust identity security together. Learn more about our world-class research team, or reach out to explore working together.
Our company is built on a decade of patented identity security research, focusing on user-centric solutions that enhance security without compromising user experience. Our award-winning work, published in top academic venues like USENIX Security, PETS, IEEE EuroS&P, ACM UIST, and ACM CHI, is preferred over legacy identity solutions by end users and security practitioners alike.
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Identity is your first and last line of defense, and the root cause of most application security breaches. Multifactor's provably secure zero-trust solution cryptographically guarantees that only authorized users can access sensitive data, turning identity into your greatest asset in the fight against cyber threats. Learn more about our research, or reach out to explore working together.
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Checkpoint uses novel cryptographic techniques to enable easy revocable, non-repudiable, and fine-grained sharing of any online account resource.
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Colin Roberts, Co-Founder and CTO, shares his journey from pure mathematics to crypto-focused startups and now Multifactor, explaining why he's excited about the future of the company.
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A comprehensive guide and interactive tool for the delicate security decision of selecting the best parameters for hard KDFs like Argon2, Bcrypt, Scrypt, PBKDF2, and Balloon Hashing.
2022-08-15
This video is a recording of the MFKDF talk presented at the Password Village at DEF CON 30. It includes a full overview of MFKDF, the features that it provides, and a high-level technical description of how it works.
2022-06-17
This demo shows how to use MFKDF to build a strong centralized password management application featuring multi-factor key derivation with advanced key derivation policies, factor persistence, self-service key recovery, MFKDF-based authentication, and end-to-end encryption.
2022-06-30
This demo shows how to use MFKDF to build a strong trustless decentralized cryptocurrency wallet application featuring multi-factor key derivation with self-service key recovery. It uses IPFS and IPNS to store MFKDF policy files.