Kintity
Zero-knowledge continuity governance for key-person risk.
When a key person dies, exits, is incapacitated, or simply becomes unreachable, the systems, accounts, and records they controlled can become unrecoverable. Kintity is a zero-knowledge continuity governance platform that helps organizations prepare for that moment — and prove they are ready — without exposing a single secret.
The key-person problem
One person leaves. What goes with them?
In most organizations the access that keeps the lights on — domain registrars, cloud-root credentials, payment gateways, signing keys, board records — lives in one or two people’s heads. When they die, resign, are removed, or simply go unreachable, that access can become unrecoverable overnight. The tools you already use weren’t built for that moment:
- Password & secret managers store secrets — they don’t govern what happens to them when the person is gone.
- Cloud secret managers protect infrastructure, not the human event of death, incapacity, or a founder lockout.
- Keyman insurance pays out money. It doesn’t restore access.
- IT offboarding handles normal departures — not sudden death, conflict, or a single point of failure.
What makes it different
For founders, boards, and security teams who can’t afford to lose access to what matters.
Governed, conditional release
Define who can recover what, and under which verified conditions — quorum approval, cooling periods, and organizational triggers like resignation, removal, or board resolution. No single person can release critical access alone.
Recovery Drill Mode
Rehearse the entire emergency-release workflow with synthetic data on the real governance engine — never touching production secrets. Kintity issues a readiness report with the exact gaps it found.
Zero-knowledge by design
Records are encrypted on the client before they ever reach us. We store ciphertext and governance metadata, never plaintext — so auditors can verify readiness without seeing the secrets themselves.
How it works
Capture, govern, drill, release.
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Capture & encrypt
Critical access and records are encrypted on the client and stored only as ciphertext. We never hold plaintext, and never the keys.
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Govern
Define release policy: who approves, what quorum is required, the cooling period, and which triggers apply — death, incapacity, resignation, removal, or board resolution.
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Drill
Rehearse the full release with synthetic data on the real engine. Kintity returns a readiness report so you fix the gaps before they ever matter.
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Release
When verified conditions are met, the right people recover exactly what they need — every step logged, auditable, and reversible inside the owner challenge window.
The differentiator
The part no one else can offer: Recovery Drill Mode
Insurance pays out. IT offboarding handles resignations. Neither lets you test what actually happens when a key person vanishes. Kintity rehearses the entire emergency-release workflow — quorum formation, identity checks, cooling periods, notifications, and release mechanics — on synthetic data, against the real governance engine, without ever touching a production secret. You walk away with proof of readiness, not a promise.
Readiness report
- Quorum formed in 1h 12m
- All trustee identities verified
- 2 records missing a backup trustee
- 0 production secrets touched
Who it’s for
The line that lands, per seat at the table.
For founders
“If something happens to you, the company doesn’t lose access to its critical systems.”
For boards
“Reduce key-person dependency — and prove continuity readiness on demand.”
For security teams
“Audit continuity readiness without ever seeing the secrets themselves.”
For legal & company secretaries
“Wire digital-access continuity to the succession plans you already manage.”
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