Who Owns Non-Human Identity? The Blurred Lines Between Security and DevOps
User identity has a clear owner in most organizations. Non-human identity? Not so much. In this quick breakdown, Aembit CTO Kevin Sapp explains why NHI ownership is still murky and complex — and why that friction between security and engineering might be the biggest opportunity yet for progress.
About Aembit
Aembit is the non-human identity and access management platform that secures access between workloads across clouds, SaaS, and data centers. With Aembit’s identity control plane, DevSecOps can fully automate secretless, policy-based, and Zero Trust workload access with MFA-strength capabilities.
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Secrets Are Not a Strategy: Why Workload Identity Needs a Better Way | Identiverse 2025
Secrets managers weren’t built for today’s scale, and credential rotation isn’t a viable strategy in our modern, multi-cloud infrastructure. In this lightning talk at Identiverse 2025 in Las Vegas, Andrew McCormick (ex-Starbucks, now Aembit) breaks down why it’s time to treat workloads like users, with federated identity and short-lived access – not thousands of static secrets.
About Aembit
Aembit is the non-human identity and access management platform that secures access between workloads across clouds, SaaS, and data centers. With Aembit’s identity control plane, DevSecOps can fully automate secretless, policy-based, and Zero Trust workload access with MFA-strength capabilities.
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Website: https://www.aembit.io/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aembit
How Aembit Secures Workload Access Across Microsoft, On-Prem, and Multi-Cloud Environments
This demo breaks down how Aembit delivers secure, credential-free workload access across Windows Server environments – whether they’re running on-prem, in Azure, or in another cloud like AWS. You’ll see how the Aembit Edge uses trust signals from Kerberos, Azure Entra, and AWS metadata to validate identity and enforce access policies.
We’ll also walk through a real-world scenario where a Windows Server in AWS calls Microsoft Graph using Microsoft WIFF and a short-lived OAuth token with no static secrets or manual provisioning required.
About Aembit
Aembit is the non-human identity and access management platform that secures access between workloads across clouds, SaaS, and data centers. With Aembit’s identity control plane, DevSecOps can fully automate secretless, policy-based, and Zero Trust workload access with MFA-strength capabilities.
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Website: https://www.aembit.io/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aembit/
[Demo] How to Secure Database, CRM, and ETL Workloads
In this Aembit demo, we present a scenario in which a contractor is tasked with building a contact management tool that interacts with Snowflake and Salesforce. The developer operates within a Kubernetes environment but is never granted access to credentials. Instead, Aembit handles authentication and authorization through workload identity and policy-based controls. Every request is evaluated in real time, based on the identity of the Kubernetes pod, its geolocation, and time-of-day constraints.
The demo shows how Aembit injects short-lived tokens – including OAuth 2.0 and JWTs – without requiring the developer to manage secrets or integrate with vaults. Authorization is enforced through cryptographic workload attestation and conditional access policies, ensuring that only trusted workloads in approved environments can access sensitive resources. This approach decouples security from development and eliminates the risks associated with long-lived secrets and manual credential handling.
About Aembit
Aembit is the non-human identity and access management platform that secures access between workloads across clouds, SaaS, and data centers. With Aembit’s identity control plane, DevSecOps can fully automate secretless, policy-based, and Zero Trust workload access with MFA-strength capabilities.
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Get more Aembit!
Website: https://www.aembit.io/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aembit/
How to Escape the "Secrets Nightmare" in Multi-Cloud Environments with Identity Federation
Aembit Co-Founder and CTO Kevin Sapp shares a sharp perspective on what it really takes to manage access in today’s multi-cloud reality — and why relying on secrets just doesn’t scale.
He touches on the growing need for trust relationships between platforms like AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and major SaaS providers, hinting at a better way forward.
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Website: https://www.aembit.io/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aembit/
API Keys, Service Accounts, and Awkward Silences | Dan on the Street #RSAC 2025 Edition
We took to the floor at #RSAC2025 to talk about non-human identities with the one group who actually have an opinion: humans. Maybe. Their reactions? You’ll have to see for yourself.
Why Balancing Security and Developer Agility in the AI Era is So Important
In this short video, Aembit CISO Mario Duarte explores a critical challenge for security teams in the AI-driven world – securing your organization without becoming a bottleneck for developers and engineers. Discover why the best security solutions, like Workload IAM, improve protection while making life easier for those building and maintaining critical infrastructure.
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How Do You Secure AI Agents With Access to Sensitive Data?
As AI agents take on more responsibilities and serve larger numbers of users, they often need access to sensitive data to function effectively. But how do you give them that access without exposing that data to humans or other systems unnecessarily? This short clip tackles the challenge of securing agentic AI systems at scale – highlighting the emerging need for identity-aware, policy-driven access that protects sensitive information without slowing down automation.
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MFA for Machines: How Snowflake Is “Dreaming Big” With Aembit to Secure Non-Human Identities
What if your non-human identities – apps, scripts, services – could authenticate without long-lived secrets?
In this 90-second clip, Cameron Tekiyeh, manager of global security analytics at Snowflake, shares how his team uses the Aembit Workload IAM Platform to enforce zero trust, policy-based access between software workloads. Think of it as MFA for machines – secretless, just-in-time credentials injected at runtime, backed by conditional access policies that use signals from tools like CrowdStrike and Wiz.
Hear how Snowflake achieves stronger security and tighter control over non-human access – and why Cameron is excited about the potential of workload identity.
👉 Want the full story? Watch the full webinar to learn about the problem, the setup, the rollout, and the results: https://aemb.it/3RlhBlW
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