Non-human identities now make up the majority of identities in most enterprise environments, but the controls that govern them were designed for employees. This guide explains what non-human identities are, how they differ from human accounts, where they create risk, and what a working management program looks like.

Many identity attacks no longer look like attacks. The credential is valid, the login succeeds, and the session behaves like any other. Nothing in the access policy is violated, because the attacker is using access that was legitimately granted to someone else.

Many organizations run a full stack of identity tools, yet none of those tools can show the complete picture: every identity, everything it can access, and whether that access is a risk. Identity data sits fragmented across directories, cloud consoles, and applications, and the gaps between them are where breaches start.