By launching their mobile application, the B2B password manager is fulfilling their users’ number one request and making it even easier for them to get access to their passwords.
As reports of online attacks keep increasing, so does the importance of safeguarding your employees’ passwords.
With 200,000 users in over 50 countries, Passbolt has established itself as a popular tool for doing so. What sets it apart from many other password managers is the fact that it is open-source, which increases transparency and, as CEO Kevin Muller puts it “allows for a lot of good practices to emerge from our community.”
Having raised €2 million in 2020 and another €1.1 million lately in 2021 and grown from 6 to 12 people in the same year, Passbolt has clearly put this money to good use in by developing a fully functional application for both iOS and Android.
This new release will make it even easier for users to access their passwords while on the go or away from their desks. New functionalities include the ability to sign in to Passbolt using the phone’s biometrics as well as the app’s support of Yubikey’s second-factor authentication through simple touch.
“Passbolt is privacy-first, open-source (anybody can audit our source code) and built for enterprise use from the ground up.”
Kevin Muller
Collaboration And Privacy
Optimised for digital and agile teams, Passbolt is tailored for enterprises that have a strong focus on collaboration and privacy. Their open-source approach is key to this.
“In open source products, the adoption strategy is often compared to a flywheel. Each new roadmap delivery, each new use case covered is a new push on the flywheel which accelerates the momentum. The delivery of the mobile app for us is a major push on this flywheel since it will drastically increase the number of scenarios where our users can use Passbolt, hence creating a lot more value for them,” says Kevin Muller.
With 96% of all data breaches being related to poor password hygiene, companies have a strong incentive to figure out a better way to manage and centralise their passwords. Which password manager you choose depends on you, but Kevin Muller has this to say for choosing Passbolt.
“Would you really trust vendors that are based in the US, a country that is notorious for mass surveillance and where companies do not have to comply with European privacy laws such as GDPR? If not, then you should seriously consider Passbolt. It is privacy-first, open-source (anybody can audit our source code) and built for enterprise use from the ground up.”
