Company

Built to Close the Gap Between Access Intent and Access Reality

Keystrike was founded by researchers and security engineers who identified a persistent blind spot in enterprise security: the space between who is granted access and what that access is actually used for. We built the governance layer the security stack was missing.

The Problem We Set Out to Solve

The Keystrike founding team came from research and enterprise security backgrounds. The pattern we kept seeing was the same: organizations with strong identity stacks, mature PAM deployments, and comprehensive SIEM coverage — still unable to answer the question: What actually happened inside that session?

Authentication tells you who was granted access. It tells you nothing about what they did with it. That gap — between access intent and access reality — is where the most significant risks in modern enterprise security live. Authenticated attackers operate here. Ransomware is deployed through legitimate credentials here. Third-party contractors exceed their authorized scope here.

We built Keystrike to govern it.

The Team Behind Keystrike

Research-led. Operationally proven. Built for enterprise security.

Valdimar Oskarsson
Valdimar Oskarsson
Co-Founder, CEO
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Ymir Vigfusson
Ymir Vigfusson, PhD
Co-Founder, CTO
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Steindor Gudmundsson
Steindor Gudmundsson
Co-Founder, CPO
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Arni S. Petursson
Arni S. Petursson
Co-Founder, COO
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Johanna Vigdis Gudmundsdottir
Johanna Vigdis Gudmundsdottir
VP Business Development, Sales & Marketing
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The principles that guide everything we build

Excellence
We strive for excellence

High performance, shared accountability, ambitious goals. We win together or not at all.

Customer First
The customer is our cornerstone

We empower customers by simplifying and securing their operations. Security should not require trade-offs with usability.

Innovation
We are innovative

Built on academic roots, we challenge conventions and foster research inside and outside our organization.

Integrity
We act with empathy and integrity

Transparent, honest, accountable. We say what we mean and take responsibility for our actions.

Balance
We are playful and balanced

Endlessly curious tinkerers who embrace challenges with enthusiasm, and know that sustainable performance requires balance.

Impact
Deployed in environments that matter

Critical infrastructure, financial services, healthcare, and government — sectors where remote access governance is not optional.