Software:Passwork
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| Original author(s) | Ilya Garakh Andrey Pyankov |
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| Developer(s) | Passwork Europe SL |
| Initial release | June 2014 |
| Stable release | 7.6
/ April 2026 |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Platform | Web application, self-hosted |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Type | Password manager |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | passwork |
Passwork is a password manager and secrets management application for businesses, available as self-hosted software and as a cloud service. It is published by Passwork Europe SL, a company based in Barcelona, Spain.
History
Passwork origins goes back to 2014 when Ilya Garakh and Andrey Pyankov registered the domain passwork.ru in Arkhangelsk.[1][2]
In May 2017, Passwork Oy was registered in Finland at an office building on Pasilankatu in the Pasila district of Helsinki, where a Viljakainen family company also operated.[3] Garakh and Pyankov each held 35 percent of the Finnish company, with the remaining 30 percent held by Pekka Viljakainen's family investment firm, Aii Corporation Oy.[1][4] Through Passwork Oy, its software was used by the University of Zurich, the Dresden University of Technology, and several Irish state agencies.[1]
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Garakh and Pyankov sold their shares in Passwork Oy to Viljakainen family, and later it was wound up in 2024.[1] In July 2022, a new company, Passwork FZ-LLC, was registered in the United Arab Emirates.[1] In August 2024, Passwork Europe SL was founded in Barcelona and acquired the software to serve in the EU and the United States.[1]
Software
Passwork is a self-hosted password management software, which provides centralised storage and sharing of credentials through encrypted vaults, with folders, role-based access control, audit logs and activity tracking.[3][5] It supports LDAP and Active Directory integration, single sign-on, browser extensions and mobile applications, and offers programmatic access through an API, a command-line interface and a Python connector.[6] The product uses a client-side, "zero-knowledge" design, in which data is encrypted and decrypted on the customer's own systems rather than on the vendor's servers.[6] Version 7, released in 2025, introduced a rewritten codebase and expanded the software's secrets-management features.[6] The software's links to a Russian version have raised security concerns.[7]
Use
Passwork has been used by several Irish state bodies, including the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, the Office of Public Works and the State Laboratory.[1][8] Some of the users are based in the Netherlands.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Gallagher, Conor (17 July 2026). "How Russian password technology made its way into Irish State agencies". The Irish Times. https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/17/how-russian-password-technology-made-its-way-into-irish-state-agencies/.
- ↑ "Les liens troubles avec la Russie d'un gestionnaire de mots de passe européen" (in fr). Le Monde. 17 July 2026. https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2026/07/17/les-liens-troubles-avec-la-russie-d-un-gestionnaire-de-mots-de-passe-europeen_6724124_4408996.html.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hänninen, Jyri (July 17, 2026). "Luotettava eurooppalainen salasanayritys onkin peräisin Venäjältä". https://yle.fi/a/74-20236620.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Hoe de wachtwoordmanager van het Kremlin Nederland binnendrong" (in nl). Investico. https://www.platform-investico.nl/onderzoeken/hoe-de-wachtwoordmanager-van-het-kremlin-nederland-binnendrong.
- ↑ "On the Radar: Passwork manages passwords and secrets, and is adding privileged access management (PAM)". Omdia. 27 November 2025. https://omdia.tech.informa.com/om142992/on-the-radar-passwork-manages-passwords-and-secrets-and-is-adding-privileged-access-management-pam.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Review: Passwork 7.0, self-hosted password manager for business". Help Net Security. 17 July 2025. https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/07/17/review-passwork-7-0-password-manager-for-business/.
- ↑ Baquero, Antonio; Hofer, Marc; Holishevska, Anna (July 17, 2026). "European Password Manager Shares Origins and Updates with State-Certified Russian Firm" (in en-US). https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/european-password-manager-shares-origins-and-updates-with-state-certified-russian-firm.
- ↑ "Irish State bodies use password software licensed by Russian intelligence". The Irish Times. 17 July 2026. https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/17/state-bodies-are-using-password-software-with-links-to-russia/.
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