Enhancing Identity Standards for Non-Human Identities in Modern Systems | NHIcon2025
Non-human identities (NHIs) – from APIs to AI agents – are essential to modern enterprises, yet they do not map well to traditional identity models. Directories and joiner-mover-leaver workflows were never designed for ephemeral, dynamic NHIs, leaving a gap in both scalability and security. In this session, we’ll explore why NHIs don’t fit neatly into existing standards and how enhancing frameworks like SPIFFE and WIMSE, as well as new credential standards like SPICE, is crucial for managing their unique demands. Heather Flanagan, executive director and principal editor of IDPro, talks about the risks of token sprawl, the need for dynamic provisioning, and strategies to unify IAM, DevOps, and security teams around NHI challenges.
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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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