NHI Management | Veza
Nonhuman Identity Management (NHI Management) is critical as nonhuman identities (NHIs) have become the fastest-growing part of the identity attack surface, outnumbering human accounts by 17 to 1. Hackers increasingly target NHIs because they bypass MFA, so security and compliance teams must adapt their identity governance strategies to include them as first-class citizens.
Veza Nonhuman Identity Management discovers, classifies, and governs service accounts, automation tools, API keys, and bots across SaaS, cloud, and on-prem systems. With real-time visibility into effective permissions, Veza enables organizations to enforce least privilege, reduce risk, and simplify compliance for the identities that legacy IAM tools often overlook.
Why NHI Management Matters
- NHIs are over-provisioned and rarely reviewed, creating hidden risk.
- Dormant service accounts often retain powerful access to production data.
- IAM and IGA tools lack full visibility into machine identities.
- Attackers exploit bot and API keys because they bypass MFA.
Learn more in the NHI Management Datasheet.
Real-World Use Cases
- Machine Identity Oversight: Govern bots, APIs, and service accounts at scale.
- Audit and Compliance: Eliminate blind spots in compliance reporting with continuous evidence.
- Incident Response: Answer “what could this account do?” in seconds during investigations.
- Access Reviews: Automate reviews of nonhuman identities to enforce least privilege.
- Risk Scoring: Prioritize remediation by scoring nonhuman identity risk in context.
For external context, see the OWASP API Security Top 10, which highlights why unmanaged machine identities are a growing attack vector.
