Permiso Releases Practical Guide to Understanding and Securing NHIs

Read full article here: https://permiso.io/non-human-identity-nhi-security-guide?utm_source=nhimg

At Permiso, we’ve been digging deep into a topic that’s often overlooked - but increasingly critical: Non-Human Identities (NHIs).

With the explosion of cloud services, automation, and interconnected systems, NHIs like service accounts, API keys, and machine identities are now everywhere — often outnumbering human users in enterprise environments.

And yet, most organizations still don’t have a clear inventory, ownership model, or security strategy around them.

That’s why we built this resource: The Practical Guide to Understanding and Securing NHIs

It covers:
✔️ What counts as a Non-Human Identity (beyond just bots and service accounts)
✔️ Why traditional IAM tools fall short when it comes to NHIs
✔️ Real-world risks from misconfigured or over-permissioned identities
✔️ How to rethink visibility, ownership, and lifecycle for these accounts

🔍 We’ve also included a quick NHI Calculator to help teams self-assess how mature their current approach is.

If your team is navigating this space or just getting started - this guide might offer a useful perspective.

We’d love to hear how others in the community are approaching this. Are NHIs part of your identity threat detection strategy yet?