06 — AI

Machine & Non-Human Identity Security

Machine identities now outnumber people. We extend the same governance to every non-human identity operating inside your enterprise.

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DiscoveryOwnershipLifecyclegovernanceCredentialPrivilegegovernanceRiskassessment Machine & NHI

The problem

What we see in the field

Service accounts, API keys, tokens and bots are created outside identity processes, rarely rotated, and outlive the projects that created them — persistent, unowned access that attackers love.

Why it matters

The business case

Non-human identity (NHI) sprawl is a leading source of repeat audit findings and credential leakage. You cannot govern what you cannot identify.

Capabilities

What we deliver

  • Discovery & inventoryContinuously find service accounts, API keys, OAuth grants, tokens and certificates across cloud, SaaS, code repositories and on-premises systems.
  • Ownership & accountabilityBind every machine identity to a named, accountable owner and business service.
  • Lifecycle governanceJoin, move and revoke machine identities like any workforce identity.
  • Credential & secrets managementVault, rotate and inject secrets — never hard-coded.
  • Privilege governanceLeast privilege, task-scoped entitlements and JIT elevation.
  • Risk assessmentClassify machine identities by risk tier and blast radius.
  • Monitoring & anomaly detectionBaseline normal behaviour and flag deviations.
  • Automated decommissioningOrphaned service and agent accounts found, attested and removed.

Machine identity & non-human identity (NHI)

The identities no one logs in as — but everything runs on

Machine identity covers the credentials, keys and certificates machines use to prove who they are. Non-human identity (NHI) is the wider set of accounts and principals that act without a person — including AI agents.

  • Service accounts
  • Application identities
  • Workload identities
  • APIs & tokens
  • Cloud workloads
  • Containers & Kubernetes
  • Service principals
  • Bots & RPA
  • Machine-to-machine
  • AI agents
  • Autonomous systems
  • Certificates & keys

Flagship model

Every AI agent needs an identity

  1. AI agent
  2. Identity
  3. Owner
  4. Privilege
  5. Credential
  6. Action
  7. Evidence
  8. Lifecycle

Technology ecosystem

Platforms we deliver on

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CyberArkOfficial PartnerPAS / Privilege Cloud, CPM, PSM, PVWA, Conjur secrets and Endpoint Privilege Manager. Large-scale enterprise rollouts, version upgrades and DR design.Visit CyberArk website (opens in a new tab)BeyondTrustOfficial PartnerPassword Safe, Privilege Management for Windows, Mac and Unix/Linux, and Remote Support. Endpoint least-privilege and third-party access programmes.Visit BeyondTrust website (opens in a new tab)DelineaOfficial PartnerSecret Server, Privilege Manager and Server PAM. Cloud-first vaulting, workstation privilege control and DevOps secrets integration.Visit Delinea website (opens in a new tab)ARCONOfficial PartnerPAM and Endpoint Privilege Management. Regulator-aligned deployments for BFSI and public sector across India and the Middle East.Visit ARCON website (opens in a new tab)SectonaOfficial PartnerSectona PAM with continuous discovery and just-in-time access. Rapid, low-footprint deployments for mid-market and fast-growing enterprises.Visit Sectona website (opens in a new tab)ManageEngine PAM360Official PartnerUnified privileged access, credential vaulting, session recording and SSH/SSL certificate lifecycle. Fast time-to-value with full REST API automation.Visit ManageEngine PAM360 website (opens in a new tab)SSHOfficial PartnerSecure privileged access and SSH key management for human and machine connections.Visit SSH website (opens in a new tab)

Delivery approach

How we deliver

  1. 01DiscoverFind every machine identity and secret
  2. 02AssignOwner, purpose and risk tier
  3. 03VaultSecrets into controlled PAM infrastructure
  4. 04LimitLeast privilege and JIT
  5. 05MonitorBehaviour baselines and alerts
  6. 06RetireAutomated decommissioning

Outcomes

What changes for you

  • A complete, owned inventory of non-human identities
  • No hard-coded secrets
  • Fewer repeat audit findings
  • Orphaned access removed automatically

Related

Identity & Access Management Strategy, implementation and managed operations for workforce and customer identity — governance, lifecycle, SSO, MFA and directory services delivered end to end. Privileged Access Management End-to-end PAM across CyberArk, BeyondTrust, Delinea, ARCON, Sectona and ManageEngine PAM360 — from strategy and vendor selection to 24x7 managed operations. AI Security & AI Identity AI that runs your IAM — and IAM that secures your AI. Intelligent identity operations plus proven IAM and PAM controls extended to agents, copilots and models.

Identity · Privilege · AI

Ready to take control of every identity?

Talk to our IAM and PAM specialists about assessment, implementation, migration or 24x7 managed identity operations.

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