Close the Succession Gap
Ensure your business doesn't die with you. Guarantee accessibility for the right people at the right time through zero-knowledge sovereignty.
Secure Your LegacyThe Founder Immortality Trap
The dangerous belief that "I'll always be here to handle it."
Level 5 Systemic Risk
Browser-stored passwords and unindexed digital assets create hidden credential "silos" that become unrecoverable at the exact moment a successor needs them most.
The Succession Gap
The period between a founder's incapacity and a successor's assumption of control—where businesses don't pause, they degrade hour by hour until collapse.
The Business Death Spiral
Billing fails. Payroll stalls. DNS can't be updated. Bank accounts remain frozen. Vendors shut off services. Customers churn. The business doesn't "pause"—it dies.
Succession Failure Scenario
The Founder is incapacitated. The team can access the laptop, but the passwords are trapped in a browser profile that requires:
- ✗An unknown OS login password
- ✗An unknown browser profile passcode
- ✗A missing synced device for 2FA
- ✗An expiring authentication prompt
Fragmented browser data is the Succession Gap in its most lethal form.
The Succession Bridge
Zero-Knowledge Sovereignty meets automated certainty. Your business doesn't die with you—it transfers with precision.
Zero-Knowledge Architecture
We provide the infrastructure for continuity, but we have zero access to your private data. You retain 100% control of your encryption keys.
Automated Succession Triggers
Continuity "Pings" monitor your status. When triggers are met, the "keys to the kingdom" are automatically made available to your designated successors.
Physical Sovereignty
Founder Guard includes PIN-pad hardware (Apricorn Aegis Secure Key 3NX) with laser-etched Cairn ID and ADA-compliant Braille for emergency identification.
The Cairn Protocol
Active/Archive Dual-Key System
Your Active Key is for daily access. Your Archive Key is stored separately (vault, legal counsel) for successor access—closing the "Single Point of Failure" loop.
7-Day Handoff Rule: Within 7 days of receiving hardware, the Archive key must be transferred to a separate geographic location.
Mandatory Silo Consolidation
Export all browser-stored passwords (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge) into a single Master Key Directory stored on both your Active and Archive keys.
Purge browser silos after migration to eliminate split-brain credential storage and reduce post-incident ambiguity.
Super Transparent Pricing
Hardware + Vigilance Model. No hidden fees. Cancel anytime.
Cairn Lite
Essential succession certainty
- ✓YubiKey hardware anchor
- ✓Zero-Knowledge monitoring
- ✓Automated succession triggers
- ✓Succession Playbook
Founder Guard
Advanced protection
- ✓Apricorn Aegis Secure Key
- ✓Everything in Lite, plus:
- ✓Multi-party succession
- ✓Secondary backup keys
- ✓Priority support
Legacy Certainty
Enterprise solutions
Bespoke Pricing
- ✓Everything in Founder Guard
- ✓White-glove onboarding
- ✓Custom workflows
- ✓Dedicated support team
- ✓Legal coordination