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Manage machine identities: The hidden privileged access layer you need to manage

Manage machine identities: The hidden privileged access layer you need to manage

Why are machine identities becoming the majority of “things with access”? Every automation, integration, and workload needs a way to authenticate and the right permissions to act. That quiet requirement has created a massive population of machine identities, also called non-human identities (NHIs): service accounts, service principals, workload roles, OAuth apps, AI agents, and IAM roles. Machine identities authenticate using credentials like access keys, secrets, and tokens. Many of these identities hold privileges equal to … More →
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