Identity security vendor 1Password is expanding its channel efforts in the EMEA region.
“With a strategic focus on the region”, it says, the firm is expanding its workforce, launching products tailored to the EMEA market, and “securing over 35% of Europe’s top 100 companies”.
Currently, over one-third of Canada-headquartered 1Password’s B2B customers are based in EMEA.
The company recently launched 1Password Extended Access Management (XAM), a solution designed to secure every login to every app from every device, “addressing the modern workforce’s need for even more seamless and secure access”. Now available in the EMEA region, the solution gives businesses “strong security” across managed and unmanaged applications and devices, while offering visibility and insights to help them meet resilience, compliance, and audit goals.
1Password has hired Oliver Cheal as vice president for EMEA. He will oversee the company’s EMEA-based teams that are focused on designing, developing, selling, and supporting 1Password’s identity and access management solutions for customers in the region.
Cheal was most recently at Cisco and Duo Security, and his background is in leading organisational change and building out the go-to-market function.
With more than 100 employees in EMEA, 1Password is actively investing in its EMEA workforce, with plans to open positions across sales, marketing, customer success, and partnerships in the UK, the Netherlands, and Germany.
Cheal said: “With 1Password Extended Access Management, we're revolutionising access management by bridging the gaps left by traditional IAM solutions. With its seamless integration and user-friendly design, we are able to empower IT and security teams with unparalleled visibility and control, ensuring their employees can safely use the tools they need, whether working remotely or in the office.”
Earlier this year, the company launched the 1Password Global Partner Program and the 1Password Enterprise Password Manager - MSP Edition in beta, to provide resellers, distributors, and managed service providers with the tools and resources they need to help their customers become more secure.
Key strategic partners in EMEA currently include Amazon Web Services (AWS), Arrow Electronics, Insight Enterprises, Tap.De, QBS, and SVA.
“1Password is pioneering a new category in cyber security that ensures comprehensive protection across the modern, hybrid work environment, and we are pleased to be their partner,” said Ikramul Khaled, group head of vendor alliances at QBS Technology Group.
