15 NHI Security KPIs Your Board Needs to See in 2025

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Non-Human Identities (NHIs) like service accounts, API keys, and OAuth tokens, now outnumber human users 80:1, making them a primary attack surface for enterprises. As boards demand clearer visibility into cybersecurity posture, tracking specific NHI security metrics has become essential to communicate risk, governance maturity, and compliance readiness.

This article outlines 15 critical KPIs to measure how well your organization is managing NHI security risks, including:

• Mean Time to Detect (MTTD) and Remediate (MTTR) NHI threats

• Privileged NHI inventory accuracy and stale credential reduction

• Secrets rotation frequency and least-privilege adoption

• Third-party NHI exposure and compliance alignment (PCI, HIPAA, SOC 2)

Oasis Security’s NHI Security Cloud simplifies this process with automated discovery, continuous risk assessment, and real-time dashboards, helping security leaders present actionable insights to executive stakeholders.

Boards don’t want technical jargon—they want clear, business-aligned metrics. Grouping NHI KPIs into six key themes (Detection & Response, Governance, Credential Hygiene, Risk Enforcement, Incident Metrics, and Compliance) ensures the board gets a concise, risk-driven view of how secure (or exposed) the organization truly is.