When we talk about identity in cybersecurity, most people think of usernames, passwords, and the occasional MFA prompt. But lurking beneath the surface is a growing threat that does not involve human credentials at all, as we witness the exponential growth of Non-Human Identities (NHIs).

At the top of mind when NHIs are mentioned, most security teams immediately think of Service Accounts. But NHIs go far beyond that. You've got Service Principals, Snowflake Roles, IAM Roles, and platform-specific constructs from AWS, Azure, GCP, and more. The truth is, NHIs can vary just as widely as the services and environments in your modern tech stack, and managing them means understanding this diversity.