SecureAuth has appointed Geoffrey Mattson as its new Chief Executive Officer, positioning the company to chase what it describes as accelerating demand for identity security in environments where humans, machines, and AI agents all hold real authority. The move marks the start of a new growth phase for the Irvine-based vendor’s AI-driven identity security platform, and follows a period in which outgoing CEO Joseph Dhanapal oversaw the build-out of a next generation risk engine and broader platform capabilities. Dhanapal will stay on as a strategic advisor.
Mattson is a long-time cybersecurity and AI engineering executive with a track record in identity and threat detection. He previously served as CEO of Xage Security, co-founded and led MistNet.ai before its acquisition by LogRhythm, and held senior product and engineering roles at Juniper Networks, Huawei, Nortel, and Bell Labs in multiple regions. He holds a master’s degree in computer science and is listed as an inventor on several patents spanning AI, cybersecurity, and networking. SecureAuth’s board highlights this combination of deep technical background and operating experience in security and networking markets as the rationale for his appointment.
In its announcement, SecureAuth frames identity as a “control plane” rather than a simple login layer, arguing that enterprises are now delegating meaningful authority to AI agents that can read sensitive data, move money, and change systems on behalf of human users. The company positions its platform as an AI-driven identity security fabric that continuously evaluates risk and adapts authentication in real time, spanning workforce, customer, and agentic identities across cloud and hybrid environments. Key capabilities include an AI-driven risk engine, Biometric Continuous Identity Assurance, fine-grained authorization, and a Microperimeter Authorizer component that extends Zero Trust controls from human users to software agents, services, and automated workflows.
Mattson characterizes the challenge as turning identity into a live, continuously updated map of relationships and authority that can keep pace with the growing mesh of AI agents and services. For CISOs and security architects, the appointment signals that SecureAuth plans to compete as foundational infrastructure for agentic AI deployments rather than as a narrow multi factor authentication or CIAM point solution. The company already supports some of the world’s largest banks, healthcare providers, and retailers, authenticating millions of identities daily. Under Mattson, SecureAuth is explicitly pitching itself as the control layer that lets those organizations safely scale both human and non-human identities while maintaining strong governance over who or what is acting, what they are allowed to do, and on whose behalf.
Sources: ACCESS Newswire / SecureAuth, Yahoo Finance
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By the ID Tech Editorial Team
