Non-human identities (NHIs) are everywhere—yet most organizations struggle to secure them. These identities, from service accounts to APIs, have existed for decades, but as hybrid environments grow, so does the risk. Consider this: service accounts make up nearly a third of Active Directory users, and cloud-based machine identities outnumber human ones by 30 to 50 times. Even more, they often lack proper authentication controls, making them prime targets for attackers.
Join Steve Rennick, the IAM Architect at Ciena, and Jonathan Davis, Silverfort’s resident NHI expert, as they break down how to identify, manage, and secure NHIs across cloud and on-prem environments. Steve will take you through the struggles he faced when attempting to secure on-prem NHIs (service accounts), how he overcame those struggles, and how he’s now applying a similar methodology to securing cloud-based NHIs. Jonathan will unpack the importance of NHI discovery and centralized management—ensuring visibility and control over all NHIs, whether they’re API tokens in the cloud or service accounts on-prem. You’ll walk away with strategies to discover hidden NHIs, fix misconfigurations faster, and shift from managing identities to securing them.