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25/06/2026 5:13 pm
TL;DR: Broad identity platform claims are often strongest on scope and light on operational detail, according to Saviynt. The real question for practitioners is whether those claims are backed by lifecycle, privilege, and governance controls that work across humans, NHIs, and AI agents, with over 100 million identities protected across applications, data, and business processes.
NHIMG editorial — based on content published by Saviynt: a newsroom overview of identity security developments and platform coverage
By the numbers:
- Over 100 million identities protected, and counting.
Questions worth separating out
Q: How should security teams govern non-human identities alongside human access?
A: Security teams should govern non-human identities in the same lifecycle model they use for workforce access, but with evidence that fits machines, not people.
Q: When does a shared identity platform become useful for NHI governance?
A: A shared identity platform becomes useful when it can do more than catalogue non-human accounts.
Q: What do teams get wrong about just-in-time access for privileged identities?
A: Teams often assume JIT access is a complete control when it is only one part of privilege governance.
Practitioner guidance
- Inventory non-human identities by business ownership Build a complete register of service accounts, tokens, certificates, and application identities, then tie each one to a named business or technical owner.
- Separate standing privilege from operational necessity Review every privileged entitlement and remove permanent elevation where the workload does not require it.
- Extend recertification beyond human users Run access reviews for machine identities on the same governance calendar as workforce access, but use entitlement evidence that matches the workload.
What's in the full article
Saviynt's full newsroom page covers the platform and business context this post intentionally leaves at the category level:
- Platform positioning across human identity, non-human identity, and identity security posture management
- Product and solution navigation that shows how the vendor groups lifecycle, privileged access, and application access controls
- Customer and market framing that explains where the vendor wants the platform conversation to sit
- Brand and newsroom context that is useful if you need the original source page rather than the governance analysis
👉 Read Saviynt's overview of human and non-human identity governance →
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25/06/2026 5:47 pm
Broad identity platforms now compete on governance scope, not just authentication coverage. The source positions Saviynt as covering human and non-human access across applications, data, and processes, which reflects where enterprise identity programmes are heading. The field is moving from single-channel IAM toward control of every identity type that can act on systems, especially machine identities. Practitioners should evaluate whether their current governance model can actually span those identity classes.
A few things that frame the scale:
- 85% of organisations lack full visibility into third-party vendors connected via OAuth apps, according to The State of Non-Human Identity Security.
- Lack of credential rotation is cited as the top cause of NHI-related attacks by 45% of organisations, followed by inadequate monitoring and logging at 37%, according to The State of Non-Human Identity Security.
A question worth separating out:
Q: How do you know if non-human identity controls are actually working?
A: You know NHI controls are working when every account has an owner, every privileged entitlement has a review path, and stale access can be removed without manual detective work. If the programme can only see the account but cannot prove purpose, expiry, or revocation, it is managing inventory rather than governance.
👉 Read our full editorial: Saviynt's identity platform shift for human and machine access
