Keeper Security has announced the appointment of two new additions to its federal team, with Shannon Vaughn as Senior Vice President of Federal and Benjamin Parrish, Vice President of Federal Operations. Vaughn will lead Keeper’s federal business strategy and expansion, while Parrish will oversee the delivery and operational readiness of Keeper’s federal initiatives, supporting civilian, defence and intelligence agencies as they modernise identity security to defend against pervasive cyber threats.

Vaughn brings more than two decades of private sector, government and military service, with a career focused on securing sensitive data, modernising federal technology environments and supporting mission-critical cybersecurity operations. Prior to joining Keeper, Vaughn served as General Manager of Virtru Federal, where he led business development, operations and delivery for the company’s federal engagements. During his career, he has held multiple senior leadership roles at high-growth technology companies, including Vice President of Technology, Chief Product Owner and Chief Innovation Officer, and has worked closely with U.S. government customers to deploy secure, scalable solutions.

“Federal agencies are operating in an elevated environment with unprecedented cyber risk. Next-generation privileged access management to enforce zero-trust security is essential,” said Darren Guccione, CEO and Co-founder of Keeper Security. “Shannon and Ben bring a unique combination of operational military experience, federal technology leadership and a deep understanding of zero-trust security. They know how agencies operate, how threats evolve and how to translate modern security architecture into real mission outcomes. These exceptional additions to our team will be instrumental as we expand Keeper’s role in securing the federal government’s most critical systems, personnel and warfighters.”

Vaughn is a career member of the U.S. Army with more than 20 years of service and currently holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserves. In addition to his operational leadership, Vaughn is a Non-Resident Fellow with the Asia Program at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, where he contributes research and analysis on the intersection of future technology threats and near-peer adversaries. He has a graduate degree from Georgetown University and undergraduate degrees from the University of North Georgia and the Department of Defence Language Institute.

To support execution across federal programs, Parrish oversees the delivery and operational readiness of Keeper’s federal initiatives. Parrish brings extensive experience leading federal operations, software engineering and secure deployments across highly regulated government environments. Prior to joining Keeper, he held senior leadership roles supporting federal customers, where he oversaw cross-functional teams responsible for platform reliability, customer success and large-scale deployments.

Parrish is a retired U.S. Army officer with more than 20 years of service across Field Artillery, Aviation and Cyber operations. His experience includes a combat deployment to Iraq and operational support to national cyber mission forces through the Joint Mission Operations Center. He has supported Department of Defence and Intelligence Community missions, including work with the White House Communications Agency, Joint Special Operations Command, Defence Intelligence Agency and National Reconnaissance Office. Parrish holds a graduate degree in Computer Science from Arizona State University and an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from James Madison University.

In his role at Keeper, Parrish aligns product, engineering, security and customer success teams and works closely with government stakeholders to ensure secure, reliable deployments that meet stringent federal mission, compliance and operational requirements.

“Federal agencies are being asked to modernise faster while defending against increasingly sophisticated, identity-driven attacks,” said Shannon Vaughn, Senior Vice President of Federal at Keeper Security. “I joined Keeper because we are focused on what actually produces tangible cyber benefits: controlling who has access to what, with full auditing and reporting – whether for credentials, endpoint or access management. We are going to win by being obsessive about access control that is easy to deploy and hard to break.”

These appointments come as federal agencies accelerate adoption of zero-trust architectures and modern privileged access controls in response to escalating credential-based attacks. The FedRAMP Authorised, FIPS 140-3 validated Keeper Security Government Cloud platform secures privileged access across hybrid and cloud environments for federal, state and local government agencies seeking to manage access to critical systems such as servers, web applications and databases.

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This week, Outpost24 announced the acquisition of Infinipoint, a specialist in device identity, posture validation, and secure workforce access. The acquisition marks Outpost24’s entry into the Zero Trust Workforce Access market and enhances its identity security division, Specops, by laying the foundation for a unified approach that evaluates both the user and the device before access is granted.

As organisations advance their Zero Trust strategies, authentication alone is no longer enough. MFA and SSO confirm who the user is, but they do not validate the security of the device being used. In hybrid environments where employees, contractors, and partners rely on a mix of corporate and unmanaged devices, this gap has become a significant source of risk. Ensuring that only secure, compliant devices can access critical systems is now essential to reducing credential misuse, preventing lateral movement, and maintaining regulatory assurance.

Organisations will benefit from the combined strengths of Specops’ unrivalled authentication and Infinipoint’s device identity and posture expertise, gaining a unified, context-aware approach to workforce access. This will allow organisations to evaluate both user and device trust at the moment of access, strengthening Zero Trust adoption while improving compliance and operational efficiencies by leveraging Infinipoint’s unique self-service and auto-remediation capabilities – across any device and any identity provider.

“With the strategic addition of Infinipoint’s unique capabilities to the Specops platform, we are setting a new benchmark for Zero Trust Workforce Access with a holistic security layer that ensures every access attempt is validated across both the person and their device,” stated Ido Erlichman, Chief Executive Officer of Outpost24. “This acquisition strengthens our identity security portfolio and supports our strategy to help customers reduce risk across every stage of the access journey.”

Shirona Partem, Managing Director of Specops, added: “For many organisations, securing access requires supporting both password and passwordless authentication. Infinipoint’s device identity and posture verification complement both models, giving customers stronger assurance that access originates from a trusted user on a trusted device. This addition enhances the Specops portfolio and broadens how we support organisations in protecting their workforce.”

Commenting on the acquisition, Ran Lampert, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Infinipoint, said: “We are excited to join the Outpost24 family, and bring device identity and posture enforcement to a wider global audience. Together, we are setting the new standard for Zero Trust access, combining user and device validation into a seamless security fabric that eliminates historic access vulnerabilities. This powerful integration delivers the true promise of Zero Trust, giving our customers the confidence to scale their businesses globally with secure, friction-free access for every employee, every time.”

The acquisition underscores the Outpost24’s commitment to advancing its exposure management and identity security capabilities and strengthens its role in delivering end-to-end visibility and control across identities, devices, and the external attack surface.

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