Your Machines Have Identities Too, and Nobody Is Watching Them

Non-human identities, the service accounts, application programming interface keys, and credentials handed to autonomous agents, now outnumber human staff in most organisations and are barely governed. I argue that the real control point is not who logs in, but what authority exists at the moment an action executes, captured in a…

https://mickai.co.uk/articles/non-human-identity-unguarded-door

#nonhumanidentity #machineidentity #AIagents #security #sovereignty

Agentic AI Compounds Enterprise Identity Risks

As autonomous machines increasingly act, decide, and transact on their own, a pressing question emerges: what constitutes an "identity" within an enterprise, and how can we safeguard against the rising risks? The lines between human and non-human identities are blurring, demanding a fresh look at enterprise security in the age of…

https://osintsights.com/agentic-ai-compounds-enterprise-identity-risks?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#AgenticAi #EnterpriseSecurity #IdentityRisks #NonhumanIdentity #ArtificialIntelligence

GitGuardian's 2026 report found 29M secrets on public GitHub — AI service credentials surged 81% YoY, and 64% of exposed secrets from 2022 are still valid today. Learn how to eliminate NHI secrets sprawl with workload identity federation, vault-based dynamic credentials, and automated rotation.

https://iamdevbox.com/posts/nhi-secrets-sprawl-fixing-the-non-human-identity-credential-crisis/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=blog_post

#nonhumanidentity #secretsmanagement #NHI #De

The challenges of managing non-human identities [Q&A] #QandA #CyberSecuirty #NonHumanIdentity

https://betanews.com/2025/01/31/the-challenges-of-managing-non-human-identities-qa/