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25/06/2026 5:26 pm
TL;DR: Identity platforms are now being judged on whether they can span lifecycle, governance, and machine access without fragmenting policy, according to Saviynt. Saviynt positions its AI-powered identity platform as a way to govern human and non-human access across applications, data, and business processes, while also highlighting more than 100 million identities protected.
NHIMG editorial — based on content published by Saviynt: newsroom and platform overview material
By the numbers:
- Over 100 million identities protected, and counting!
- 97% of NHIs carry excessive privileges, increasing unauthorised access and broadening the attack surface.
- Only 5.7% of organisations have full visibility into their service accounts.
Questions worth separating out
Q: How should security teams govern human and non-human identities in one programme?
A: Security teams should use one policy model for ownership, review, and revocation while allowing different control rules for different identity types.
Q: Why do service accounts so often become the weakest part of identity governance?
A: Service accounts often become weak points because they are created for a technical purpose, then left running after the original need has changed.
Q: What is the difference between governing workforce access and governing NHI access?
A: Workforce access is anchored in a known person with a joiner, mover, leaver lifecycle.
Practitioner guidance
- Inventory all non-human identities as governed assets Assign owners, business purpose, and expiry expectations to service accounts, tokens, certificates, and API keys.
- Unify review workflows across human and machine access Use the same certification and exception handling process for workforce access, service accounts, and privileged machine identities where the risk profile is similar.
- Apply JIT controls to high-risk non-human access Reserve standing access only for cases with a documented operational need.
What's in the full article
Saviynt's full newsroom coverage covers the operational detail this post intentionally leaves for the source:
- Product positioning for its identity cloud across human, non-human, and privileged access use cases
- The company’s own roadmap language around AI agents, ISPM, and workload governance
- How Saviynt frames its platform modules and solution categories for buyers
- The full newsroom context around its latest announcements and recognition items
👉 Read Saviynt's newsroom coverage of its identity platform and governance updates →
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25/06/2026 6:06 pm
Identity platforms are now being judged on whether they can govern different identity classes without separate exceptions. The Saviynt material reinforces a broader market shift: organisations do not just need access management, they need policy consistency across human, non-human, and business-process access. The governance burden grows when each identity class is handled by a different team with a different toolset. Practitioners should assess whether their current stack reduces fragmentation or simply automates it.
A few things that frame the scale:
- 1 in 4 organisations are already investing in dedicated NHI security capabilities, with an additional 60% planning to do so within the next twelve months, according to The State of Non-Human Identity Security.
- Only 5.7% of organisations have full visibility into their service accounts, which leaves most programmes operating with incomplete identity inventory coverage.
A question worth separating out:
Q: Who is accountable when machine access persists after the business need ends?
A: Accountability should sit with the application or service owner, supported by the IAM and security teams that enforce lifecycle controls. If machine access persists, that is usually a governance failure, not a tool failure. Frameworks such as the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 expect clear ownership, review, and recovery responsibilities.
👉 Read our full editorial: Saviynt's identity platform raises the bar for human and NHI governance
