Question 1

What is identity security?

Accepted Answer

Identity security protects human and non-human identities by connecting accounts, entitlements, credentials, access paths, risk findings, owners, and response actions.

Question 2

What is a non-human identity (NHI)?

Accepted Answer

A non-human identity is an account or application that operates without direct human interaction, such as a service account, service principal, workload, OAuth application, API key, or AI agent.

Question 3

Why are non-human identities a security risk?

Accepted Answer

Non-human identities often have broad permissions, long-lived credentials, unclear ownership, and no natural employee offboarding event. Forgotten or overprivileged identities can preserve an access path long after the workload that created them is gone.

Question 4

What is identity security posture management (ISPM)?

Accepted Answer

ISPM continuously identifies identity exposures such as excessive permissions, stale accounts, risky access paths, weak controls, and unmanaged credentials. It focuses on reducing preventable identity risk before an active attack.

Question 5

What is identity threat detection and response (ITDR)?

Accepted Answer

ITDR monitors identity activity for signs of compromise or abuse and coordinates investigation and response. ISPM addresses risky posture; ITDR addresses active identity threats, and the two disciplines work together.

Question 6

Can C1.ai govern workforce identities and AI agents in one platform?

Accepted Answer

Yes. C1.ai maps people, workloads, service accounts, and agents to their accounts, entitlements, owners, and connected systems so teams can investigate risk with a shared identity graph and policy model.

NHI & Identity Security

Populate the identity graph

Find every account, NHI, and agent

Generate findings in real-time

Automate response and remediation

What you'll use:

Find identity risk. Automate the response.

Resources

NHI and Identity Security

C1.ai Integrates with AWS IAM Account Access Manager

How Qualtrics Unified Identity, Streamlined FedRAMP Compliance, and Transformed Employee Access with C1.ai

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