LastPass Advances Secure Access to Strengthen Identity Security in the AI Era

LastPass(opens in new tab)(opens in new tab), the secure access solution that helps organizations and users work, move faster, and stay protected, today announced a series of strategic product innovations, customer experience enhancements, and industry milestones. These advancements reflect the company’s continued focus on providing practical tools to protect access and identity in an increasingly AI-driven threat landscape. Highlights include new tools that simplify access management, enhancements that help customers get more value from LastPass, and milestones that demonstrate the company’s continued growth and industry leadership.

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The LastPass commitment to visibility, governance, and control comes at a pivotal moment. According to IBM’s 2026 Cost of a Data Breach Report(opens in new tab), the average data breach now costs organizations $4.99 million, a record high and 12% increase over last year. The report also found AI-driven attacks increased 56%, adding an average of $1 million to breach costs, and 92% of organizations experiencing AI-related breaches lacked appropriate AI access controls.

“As threat actors continue to automate and accelerate their attack tactics, strong identity, credential, and access management have become foundational security requirements, particularly for small and midsize businesses with limited resources,” said Karim Toubba(opens in new tab)(opens in new tab), CEO of LastPass. “To address these evolving challenges, LastPass is dedicated to delivering the innovations that help organizations and individuals reduce risk while making security easier to manage.”

Momentum Highlights: SaaS Upgrades, New Smart Scanner, and Enhanced LastPass Community Strengthen Security

LastPass Expands SaaS Monitoring and SaaS Protect to Give Businesses Greater Visibility and Control
LastPass introduced numerous enhancements across SaaS Monitoring(opens in new tab) and SaaS Protect(opens in new tab) within its flagship Business Max offering to help businesses navigate increasingly complex SaaS landscapes with greater visibility, oversight, and confidence. This includes:

• Always-on SaaS Monitoring: Persistent Monitoring(opens in new tab) maintains continuous visibility through a permanent connection to the LastPass browser extension, ensuring monitoring remains active even when users are signed out of LastPass.
• More flexible SaaS Protect controls: Expanded usage rules allow administrators to create more granular policies for specific users or groups, enabling organizations to apply security controls based on their unique needs.

Together, these enhancements help organizations accelerate adoption, reduce manual workloads, improve security coverage, and strengthen policy enforcement by giving administrators more control over how and where security policies are applied. As of July, all enhancements have been fully released, including Persistent Monitoring across all browser extensions.

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LastPass Launches First-of-Its-Kind Mobile Smart Scanner
With the launch of the industry’s first Mobile Smart Scanner(opens in new tab), LastPass empowers businesses and individuals across all product offerings to:

• Use the LastPass Mobile app to scan passwords from printed lists, screenshots, handwritten notes, and other physical sources and turn them directly into editable, autofill-ready credentials.
• Reduce manual data entry, saving time and minimizing errors.
• Simplify password management, keeping credentials secure in encrypted vaults rather than vulnerable on notes or memory.

LastPass Transforms User Experience with Enhanced, High-Efficiency Community Platform
Building on its commitment to customer success, LastPass introduced a redesigned Community experience(opens in new tab) that streamlines how customers discover trusted information, connect with peers, and get more value from the platform. With a more intuitive interface and expanded self-service resources, including topical portals and AI-powered search, the enhanced LastPass Community helps users across all product offerings quickly access the knowledge they need to strengthen security and resolve questions faster.