Empowering a More Secure Future

In many organizations, the notion of bringing clarity and order to the chaotic, sprawling identity attack surface is just a dream. Axiad makes it a reality.

Why Choose Axiad?

Axiad is an identity security company founded 15 years ago by experts in encryption, authentication, and credential management who pioneered PIV and CAC cards for secure government and military networks. From the start, Axiad has focused on delivering value—our name even comes from the Greek word “Axia,” meaning value—by helping organizations maximize their existing investments while addressing the critical gaps in identity security.

Today, with the explosion of human and non-human identities across silos, organizations face growing blind spots and risks that existing IAM tools fail to secure. Axiad bridges these gaps by detecting identity risks and poor credential hygiene across systems, providing actionable insights, and enhancing security without requiring a complete overhaul. By integrating with existing IAM tools, we help organizations reduce their attack surface and transition to strong, phishing-resistant credentials.

Join leading government and Fortune 500 companies who rely on Axiad to make identity simple, effective, and real for a passwordless, more secure future.

Meet Our Leadership Team

Our leadership team brings decades of expertise in identity management, cybersecurity, and enterprise software.

David Canellos
Chief Executive Officer
Bassam Al-Khalidi
Chief Innovation Officer
Alex Au Yeung
Chief Product Officer
John Babbidge
Chief Technology Officer
Brian Szeto
Chief Financial Officer
Jerome Becquart
SVP, Operations
Ivy Tan
VP, Human Resources
Zahid Johar
VP, Engineering
Marc Puverel
VP, Customer Success
Lynne Boyd
VP, Sales
Sergey Starzhinskiy
VP, Systems Engineering

Our Journey So Far

Empowering identity security since 2010.

Axiad is founded with the mission of providing robust authentication solutions for businesses and governments.

2010
2015

Launched Axiad Conductor, offering advanced credential management in a simplified SaaS-based solution.

Entered into a partnership with Yubico, delivering strong authentication while simplifying the deployment and management of YubiKey hardware authenticators.

2018
2021

Joined the FIDO Alliance, actively helping to shape the future of passwordless authentication as both an associate and board-level member.

Joined the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), providing automated provisioning and credential management for Microsoft Entra ID and Windows Hello for Business.

2022
2023

Achieved FedRAMP Ready certification, enabling federal organizations to take advantage of Axiad credential management in the cloud.

Launched Axiad Mesh, taking identity management to the next level, providing the ability to identify, quantify, and fortify identity risks across the organization.

2024
2010

Axiad is founded with the mission of providing robust authentication solutions for businesses and governments.

2015

Launched Axiad Conductor, offering advanced credential management in a simplified SaaS-based solution.

2018

Entered into a partnership with Yubico, delivering strong authentication while simplifying the deployment and management of YubiKey hardware authenticators.

2021

Joined the FIDO Alliance, actively helping to shape the future of passwordless authentication as both an associate and board-level member.

2022

Joined the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA), providing automated provisioning and credential management for Microsoft Entra ID and Windows Hello for Business.

2023

Achieved FedRAMP Ready certification, enabling federal organizations to take advantage of Axiad credential management in the cloud.

2024

Launched Axiad Mesh, taking identity management to the next level, providing the ability to identify, quantify, and fortify identity risks across the organization.

What Our Clients Say

Trusted by top organizations across industries.

“Axiad was the obvious choice for us to improve our MFA. We had numerous standards we needed to meet and wanted a trusted partner with expertise in all the credentials we would require.”

Systems Engineer, Sr. Manager, US defense contractor

“The Axiad solution is world-class, and the experts on the team were able to support us and understand what we wanted at every level.  We rolled out a new MFA solution in 2 months to 30,000 YubiKey users.”

Senior Director of Information Assurance, US Railroad

“It’s super simple to deploy and manage authentication devices. Our IT department is rather small, so all the incremental wins that we can get are hugely important to us.”

IT Director

“Axiad has driven down the number of our calls.  This, in turn, saves labor hours on both our service desk and on the users. At this point, our calls to the service desk for multi-factor have dropped by about 35%.”

Cybersecurity Director

“Overall, it’s intuitive and simple. The initial setup was incredibly straightforward. We have absolutely easily recovered our investment costs.”

CISO

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