"In today's hyper-connected world, businesses are scaling faster than ever before. Cloud infrastructure, AI-driven automation, APIs, IoT ecosystems, and containerized applications have become the norm. This acceleration is reshaping digital environments into complex, interdependent systems where machines routinely interact with other machines, often without human oversight. But in this machine-first reality, most organizations are still looking in the wrong direction when it comes to securing their systems."
"An NHI is any digital entity that authenticates, communicates, and performs actions inside IT systems - but, as the name suggests, isn't a person. This includes service accounts, scripts, APIs, containerized microservices, IoT devices, and, increasingly, autonomous AI agents. These entities have become integral to the functioning of modern enterprises and can connect services, access sensitive data, and trigger business processes. APIs power customer experiences. IoT devices report real-time operational data. Cloud workloads communicate constantly to deliver services."
Modern enterprises rely on cloud infrastructure, AI-driven automation, APIs, IoT ecosystems, and containerized applications, creating complex interdependent systems where machines communicate without human oversight. Identity and access management strategies still prioritize human users despite most activity being driven by non-human identities (NHIs). NHIs now outnumber human identities dramatically and identity-based attacks account for a large share of intrusions. Attackers can exploit service accounts or misconfigured APIs rather than phishing employees. NHIs include service accounts, scripts, APIs, microservices, IoT devices, and autonomous AI agents that connect services, access sensitive data, and trigger business processes via M2M interactions.
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