HYPR is an identity assurance company founded in 2014 by a team of security researchers. The firm was formerly known as The Passwordless Company. It helps organisations build trust across the identity lifecycle through end-to-end identity security and passwordless authentication, addressing what it describes as a 60-year-old problem: the password.
The company's product, the HYPR Identity Assurance Platform, combines phishing-resistant passkeys, identity risk engines and enterprise-grade identity proofing with adaptive risk mitigation and automated identity verification. The platform is designed to integrate with existing identity and security tooling and to be deployed at scale in complex enterprise environments. It supports more than 20 million users globally and has a third-party validated ROI of 324%.
Technical work at HYPR spans passwordless authentication, phishing-resistant passkeys, identity proofing and verification, identity risk management and adaptive risk mitigation. The company operates globally in the cybersecurity and identity and access management market, primarily serving enterprise customers, and states a mission of improving the lives of security-minded leaders, employees and customers.
