Today, enterprises depend on a rapidly expanding network of non-human identities (NHIs), such as service accounts, bots, tokens, and AI agents, which now outnumber humans by an overwhelming 50 to 1. These identities often operate with excessive and persistent access privileges. They typically lack built-in security controls and are deeply embedded in every environment. When they operate without visibility or governance, NHIs create an invisible yet vast attack surface and become a silent threat that evades traditional identity management systems. This leads to unauthorized changes, uncontrolled access, and security vulnerabilities across critical systems and workflows.
Okta brings NHIs into the same unified identity framework as human identities, providing visibility, access control, governance, and remediation across every environment. This end-to-end approach eliminates silos and ensures that every identity is managed and protected in a trustworthy way.
☑️ What Are NHIs?
NHIs (Non-Human Identities) are digital entities with credentials that can access data and perform tasks autonomously. Types of NHIs include applications, machines, cloud workloads, AI agents, automated processes, service accounts, API keys, OAuth tokens, software bots, and secrets. NHIs often lack MFA, use static secrets, operate with excessive privileges, and are not continuously monitored, making them prime targets for breaches.
Okta protects NHIs across cloud infrastructure, SaaS service accounts, on-premises environments, and secrets through consistent, policy-based security and automation.
☑️ Okta - NHI Security Solution
Today, securing the entire lifecycle of non-human identities (NHIs) is essential, not optional.
The Okta platform protects the ever-growing network of service accounts, tokens, AI agents, and more, unifying NHI security across cloud, applications, and infrastructure. Through a single policy engine, it manages governance, rotation, and access restrictions from tokens to workloads, and provides comprehensive visibility, privileged access management, and application security to turn complex chaos into clear control.
Uncover Hidden Identity Risks Before They Become Threats
NHIs are one of the biggest blind spots in enterprise security. Okta shines a spotlight on service accounts, tokens, and AI agents that often go unmanaged. Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM) provides unified insights into all identities, revealing risks such as unrotated credentials, excessive access, and orphaned accounts. ISPM continuously discovers and classifies NHIs across multiple environments, helping teams detect threats early and proactively and reduce exposure.
Limit the Attack Surface by Enforcing Precise Access
Reducing risk starts with limiting access, which should be time-bound and based on actual need. OPA (Okta Privileged Access) protects credentials, rotates secrets, and audits privileged operations so that NHIs do not retain standing access. Secure Identity Integrations (SII) extend these controls to leading SaaS apps such as Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, and Salesforce, ensuring that NHIs access only what they need, when they need it.
Scale and Stay Compliant Without Overhead
Okta automates provisioning, deprovisioning, and policy enforcement through prebuilt governance workflows, helping teams scale securely without compromising compliance. These workflows reduce overhead and help maintain continuous adherence to security policies. Adoption is easy through the Okta Integration Network (OIN), which provides prebuilt integrations that accelerate deployment and simplify non-human identity management across the enterprise. By unifying visibility, access control, and governance, Okta turns a fragmented, high-risk identity landscape into part of a secure, manageable enterprise identity strategy. This approach enables organizations to reduce complexity, maintain least privilege, and scale securely without sacrificing compliance or operational efficiency.
Learn more about how you can securely manage non-human identities with Okta's identity security platform.
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Okta is a unified identity security platform that manages and protects various types of identities, including employees, customers, API keys, and AI agents. With a vendor-neutral architecture and unified platform, it covers every stage of the identity lifecycle, from governance to access and privilege control, and authenticates, authorizes, and secures access for applications, devices, and users.
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