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Breach Files: Non-Human Identity Edition

TL;DR: Businesses often respond to workload credential compromises only after an incident occurs, but the growing use of non-human identities makes a proactive security approach increasingly important. This report highlights real-world breaches involving non-human credentials at organizations such as Microsoft, Dropbox, The New York Times, and Uber, showing how exposed or compromised credentials can create serious security risks and why stronger workload identity protection is needed.

Aembit Team

Product & Research

Published Jul 2024

Updated Jul 2024

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Non-human to human identities

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Agent threat classes mapped

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Long-lived secrets required

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Are you guilty of the rinse-and-repeat cycle? Businesses are largely treating workload credential compromises in a reactive way. But like all threat vectors, that will need to change soon. Help spread the awareness with this intuitive slide show documenting the latest incidents involving non-human credentials, including Microsoft, Dropbox, New York Times, Uber, and more.

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