Non-Human Identity & AI Security Research Reports & White Papers

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Governing the Invisible: Closing the NHI Governance Gap in the Age of Agentic AI

Examines the growing NHI governance gap created by traditional identity controls, agentic AI and machine-speed actions, and introduces a five-level maturity model for governing NHIs and AI identities.

NHI Mgmt Group 3 Sep 2026 ↗

The Ultimate Guide To Non-Human Identities

A comprehensive guide to non-human identities covering NHI fundamentals, risks, research, lifecycle management, secrets, regulation, standards, the market and the future of NHI security.

NHI Mgmt Group 27 Mar 2026 ↗

The State of Secrets Sprawl 2026

Analyses the 2026 evolution of secrets sprawl, showing that exposed secrets are growing substantially faster than the developer population and highlighting the continuing expansion of credential leakage.

GitGuardian 23 Mar 2026 ↗

AI Agent Identity Security: The 2026 Deployment Guide

Provides a practical 2026 guide to securing AI agents in production, focusing on task-scoped and time-bound access, avoiding hard-coded credentials and governing agent access at scale.

Akeyless 28 Feb 2026 ↗

The 2026 Infrastructure Identity Survey: State of AI Adoption

Presents 2026 research on AI adoption in infrastructure, showing widespread deployment plans alongside limited organisational preparedness and significant concerns about AI-related security incidents.

Teleport 18 Feb 2026 ↗

2026 Identity Security Trends & Predictions

Explores major identity security and AI trends for 2026, including AI identity risks, MCP, data security and the growing role of identity as the foundation for secure AI adoption.

Saviynt 15 Jan 2026 ↗

The Exploding NHI Market Landscape in Q2 2025

Reviews the rapid expansion of the NHI and machine identity market during the first half of 2025, covering major vendors, investments, product launches, partnerships and industry developments.

NHI Mgmt Group 1 Aug 2025 ↗

Cloud Compliance Pulse 2025

Examines cloud identity security across enterprise environments, finding widespread control failures involving privileged MFA, excessive permissions, stale credentials and unmanaged service-account keys.

Unosecur 24 Jul 2025 ↗

The State of Secrets Sprawl 2025

Analyses the 2025 state of secrets sprawl, showing continued growth in hardcoded credentials, slow remediation and the persistent security exposure created by leaked secrets.

GitGuardian 6 Apr 2025 ↗

The 2024 State of Secrets Management Survey Report

Summarises research into enterprise secrets management, highlighting the scale of secrets sprawl, credential leaks, operational challenges and the growing need for centralised lifecycle management.

Akeyless 5 Apr 2025 ↗

Managing Non-Human Identity Risks - White Paper

Provides a foundational framework for assessing and managing NHI risk through inventory, ownership, authentication methods, privilege, access breadth, interactive accounts and environment segregation.

NHI Mgmt Group 15 Feb 2025 ↗

The State of Secrets in AppSec

Examines practitioner attitudes and operational maturity around secrets in application security, highlighting widespread secret leaks, reliance on manual processes and the need for automated detection and remediation.

GitGuardian 6 Feb 2025