There are simply not enough humans to manage non-human identities (NHIs).
The sheer scale of NHIs in most organizations is staggering, usually numbering twenty times more than their carbon-based counterparts. And in many cases, security leaders can’t even detect them. Invisible yet legion, NHIs swarm inside nearly every organization and risk giving bad actors the perfect opportunity to simply log in using approved credentials, secrets, and API keys.
And the other part of the equation: Security leaders don’t want two separate tools for managing human and non-human identities. They want one platform to rule them all.
So today, we at C1—already the leader in modern identity governance—are thrilled to announce Non-Human Identity Governance, a new suite of capabilities that allow our customers to inventory, manage, and secure NHIs and AI agents.
Employees, contractors, machines, machines that behave like employees—it’s all identity. Now you can govern it all in one unified platform.
Addressing modern identity challenges#
NHIs like service accounts, keys, tokens, and certificates aren’t new. But broad SaaS and IaaS adoption has exponentially multiplied the numbers of NHIs in use, creating new governance and security challenges. According to recent ESG research, NHIs now outnumber human identities by at least 20:1, and that number is growing. Unlike human identities, NHIs aren’t tracked in HR systems or IdPs—they’re in use all over the business, often in places where they’re difficult to discover, let alone secure. Attackers are exploiting the situation; the same ESG research found that two-thirds of orgs suffered at least one NHI-related cyberattack in the last year.
And AI agents aren’t a thing of the future—they’re already here. Many security professionals expect companies to start incorporating AI agents into business and security operations this year, and adoption will be quick. AI agents have exciting potential business and cybersecurity benefits, but they also present new risks. Before we know it, they’re going to be behaving just like humans in an organization—and they’ll need to be controlled and secured in much the same way.
One control center for all your identities#
While modern identities come in different forms, governing them comes down to the same core concerns. Companies need to be able to understand and efficiently control what any identity in their environment—whether human, non-human, or AI—has access to at any given time.
C1’s Non-Human Identity Governance capabilities allow customers to find and bring service accounts, API keys, OAuth tokens, certificates, AI agents, and more across their systems into one central control pane where they can be governed and secured.
Now C1 users can
- Get visibility into the NHIs and AI agents across their environment
- Map and manage ownership, relationships, and effective access
- Proactively detect and remediate NHI-related risks
How it works#
Inventory#
C1's lightweight connectors ingest, inventory, and track ownership of your service accounts, keys, tokens, and other NHIs and agents from cloud and on-prem apps.
Access graph#
C1’s access graph makes it easy for you to visualize and understand NHI access paths and relationships.
Risk alerting#
Automatic alerting helps you proactively remediate NHI risks like unused API tokens, unrotated credentials, and vulnerable service accounts.
At C1, we’re building the future of identity governance—a unified modern solution that eliminates the pain of managing all identity types while driving better security outcomes, with incredible time to value and an experience users love.
If that’s a future you want to be a part of, join us! Talk to our team to learn more.
