How 1Password secures access for growing teams

Browser password managers fall short of modern security best practices

Built-in password managers weren’t designed to secure access for an entire organization. As teams grow, they introduce security gaps, access sprawl, and administrative risks that browsers weren’t designed to handle.

Access sprawl increases risk

• Credentials live in individual browsers, spreadsheets or personal memory instead of a central system

• No reliable way to see which passwords are compromised

• Access to shared accounts often linger

Day-to-day access becomes harder to manage

• Credentials are insecurely shared in chat tools, spreadsheets, or notes

• Changes depend on end-users remembering to update passwords

• Different browsers and devices fragment access

IT admins lose visibility and leverage

• No single place to see who has access to what 

• Manual onboarding and offboarding are tedious

• Policies exist but can’t be enforced consistently with browser password managers

What admins actually need from a password manager

To securely manage passwords at scale, IT admins need centralized control, clear visibility into access and risk, and a standardized way to share credentials across teams, devices, and browsers.

• Secure password sharing for teams 

• Visibility into password access and risk 

• Centralized onboarding and offboarding 

• Consistent access across browsers and devices

1Password is built to close the security gaps browser-based password managers create

For IT admins, 1Password EPM is a crucial component of the security stack, where credentials are centrally managed, monitored, and governed. It’s built to close the security gaps browser-based password managers create. For end users, the 1Password app and browser extension remain simple and easy to use – just like our consumer password manager.

Centralized access for every employee, without disruption

• Manage passwords, SSH keys, shared accounts, and passkeys in one system

• Keep access consistent as employees move between browsers, devices, and roles

• Employees can sign in and autofill directly from the 1Password browser extension

Secure, standardized sharing built for real teams

• Grant access without copying or revealing passwords in chat, email, or spreadsheets

• Update or revoke shared access centrally, without rotating credentials everywhere

• Use a single, secure sharing model across teams, roles, browsers, and devices

Clean onboarding and offboarding

• Automatically give new hires instant access through shared vaults

• Remove access everywhere from one place when roles change or employees leave

Built-in visibility into credential health and risk

• Use Watchtower to identify weak, reused, or breached credentials

• Address security and compliance risk without manually auditing every account

Best-in-industry security, enforced everywhere credentials are used

1Password uses a zero-knowledge security model built on Two-Secret Key Derivation (2SKD), requiring both an account password and a device-generated Secret Key. This means data remains protected even if credentials are compromised.