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Keyfactor

Keyfactor is a machine-identity and PKI (public key infrastructure) company that provides a control plane for digital trust — helping organizations discover, issue, automate, and govern cryptographic keys and certificates across enterprise, cloud, DevOps, and IoT environments. Its core products are Keyfactor Command (certificate lifecycle automation at scale), EJBCA Enterprise (modern, quantum-ready PKI and certificate authority), SignServer / Signum (code signing and verification), Cloud PKI-as-a-Service, and cryptographic discovery and inventory. Keyfactor Command and EJBCA expose REST APIs (self-hosted or cloud, per customer) with official Go, .NET, and CLI clients, and an experimental MCP server for agentic-AI integration. Keyfactor is trusted by roughly 40% of the Fortune 500 and is backed by Insight Partners.

Keyfactor is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Cybersecurity, PKI, Machine Identity, and Certificate Lifecycle.

Keyfactor’s developer surface includes documentation, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, signup flow, CLI, authentication, and 14 more developer resources.

30.2/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 21/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
0 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanyCybersecurityPKIMachine IdentityCertificate LifecycleCode SigningCryptographyDigital TrustSecurity

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 30.2/100 · thin
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 13.5 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.1 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 21/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

keyfactor-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Security Posture 4

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Keyfactor Authentication

http/oauth2 · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Keyfactor Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Keyfactor Vulnerability Disclosure

Hackerone · contact published

SECURITY

Keyfactor Trust Center

ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2, SOC 3, Common Criteria, FedRAMP (Class C), CMMC, EU-US Data Privacy Framework, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, VPAT (accessibility)

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 6

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: keyfactor
name: Keyfactor
description: Keyfactor is a machine-identity and PKI (public key infrastructure) company that provides a control plane for
  digital trust — helping organizations discover, issue, automate, and govern cryptographic keys and certificates across enterprise,
  cloud, DevOps, and IoT environments. Its core products are Keyfactor Command (certificate lifecycle automation at scale),
  EJBCA Enterprise (modern, quantum-ready PKI and certificate authority), SignServer / Signum (code signing and verification),
  Cloud PKI-as-a-Service, and cryptographic discovery and inventory. Keyfactor Command and EJBCA expose REST APIs (self-hosted
  or cloud, per customer) with official Go, .NET, and CLI clients, and an experimental MCP server for agentic-AI integration.
  Keyfactor is trusted by roughly 40% of the Fortune 500 and is backed by Insight Partners.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://www.keyfactor.com/wp-content/uploads/keyfactor-logo-dark.svg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/keyfactor/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- insight-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Cybersecurity
- PKI
- Machine Identity
- Certificate Lifecycle
- Code Signing
- Cryptography
- Digital Trust
- Security
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.keyfactor.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://www.keyfactor.com/keyfactor-for-developers/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.keyfactor.com/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.keyfactor.com/solution-areas/latest/get-started-with-pki-and-signing
- type: Support
  url: https://support.keyfactor.com/hc/en-us
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.keyfactor.com/blog/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Keyfactor
- type: SignUp
  url: https://www.keyfactor.com/try-ejbca-enterprise/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.keyfactor.com/privacy-policy/
- type: Packages
  url: packages/keyfactor-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/keyfactor-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/keyfactor-cli.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/keyfactor-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/keyfactor-llms.txt
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/keyfactor-authentication.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/keyfactor-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://trust.keyfactor.com/
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/keyfactor-domain-security.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/keyfactor-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://trust.keyfactor.com/
- type: TrustCenter
  url: https://trust.keyfactor.com/
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence