Updated Apr 23, 2026
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Smallstep

Ranked #388 of 1,000+ cybersecurity companies
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Overview

Legal Name
Smallstep Labs, Inc.
Founded
2016
Crunchbase Rank
#16866

Ensure that access to sensitive corporate resources is only possible from trusted devices with Smallstep Device Identity

Smallstep offers an open-source identity authority and certificate automation toolkit that integrates with delivery pipelines to make code and infrastructure identity-aware, enforcing hardware-bound access so only trusted, company-owned devices and services can reach sensitive data, SaaS apps, code repositories, and other resources across clouds, containers, serverless, and devices.

Industries
Network Management SoftwareComputer and Network SecurityCybersecurity
Type
Privately Held
Social Media
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Company Size

Employees
 
31
Range11–50 employees
110K+

Headquarters

San Francisco, Ca, United States

Followers

 
2,427

Press Coverage

DateArticlePublisher
Jul 16, 2025Smallstep Expands Leadership Team to Accelerate Growth and Strategic InitiativesSmallstep
Aug 26, 2025Apple @ Work Podcast: Device security vs identity management in the enterprise9to5mac
Jul 30, 2025Smallstep and Jamf Partner to Deliver Hardware-Backed Device Identity for Enterprise Managed Apple FleetsSmallstep
Jul 16, 2025Smallstep Expands Leadership Team to Accelerate Growth and Strategic InitiativesSmallstep
Jan 29, 2025Wealth-tech Sees Boom In Gloom As Nigerians Seek Haven In HardshipWeeTracker
May 3, 2024Fortune 100 Companies Increasingly Turning to Smallstep's Open Source SoftwareBusiness Wire
May 1, 2024Fortune 100 Companies Increasingly Turning to Smallstep's Open Source SoftwareBusiness Wire
May 1, 2024Fortune 100 Companies Increasingly Turning to Smallstep's Open Source SoftwareBusiness Wire
Apr 26, 2024Bootstrapped AI startup Smallstep serves up Misal, a Marathi LLMMoneycontrol
Nov 17, 2022Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - An update from SmallstepIT Brief New Zealand

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Specialties

IdentitySecuritymTLSPKIopen-sourceSSHcertificate managementZero Trust

Categories

Identity ManagementNetwork SecurityOpen SourceSoftware

Product

NameDescription
Device Identity Platform™A platform that provides hardware-bound device identity to ensure only company-owned devices can access sensitive enterprise resources.
ACME Device Attestation (ACME DA)An open standard co-developed by Smallstep and Google for high-assurance device identity using hardware co-processors for attestation and keybinding.
Certificate ManagerA hosted private certificate authority service that automates certificate lifecycle management for internal workloads and developers.
step-cliAn open-source command-line tool for managing certificates, cryptographic operations, and identity tokens across multiple operating systems.
Step CA ProA commercial private certificate authority solution that extends the open-source step-ca with advanced features and compliance options.