Who Gave That Script Admin Rights? Tackling the Hidden Risks of Non-Human Identities

As organizations accelerate automation and cloud adoption, the number of non-human identities, service accounts, bots, APIs, scripts, and machine workloads has exploded, often outpacing human users by 10 to 1. Yet, these identities are frequently unmanaged, over-permissioned, and invisible to traditional IAM programs.

In this session, we’ll explore:

• Why non-human identities are one of the fastest-growing identity threats

• The common pitfalls organizations face when trying to manage them

• Real-world examples of misconfigurations and what they cost

• Practical steps to gain visibility, enforce least privilege, and integrate non-human identities into your governance framework

• How to partner with security, dev, and cloud teams for long-term success 

Whether you're just beginning or deep in your IAM journey, this talk will help shift from reactive clean-up to proactive control over your machine identity sprawl.