Top 7 NHI Risks and How To Mitigate Them
Non-Human Identities (NHIs) are identities used by machines, applications and automated processes. They rely on credentials — such as API keys, tokens, or certificates — to authenticate and access systems, services and data. The exponential growth of NHIs in modern IT infrastructure makes securing them an operational necessity. NHIs are gradually outnumbering human users in most enterprise environments, and without proper oversight, they can introduce many security vulnerabilities.