Enterprises are coming to terms with new identity-driven cyberthreats and recognizing the underappreciated NHI (also referred to as a machine identity) attack surface that includes emerging AI agent deployments.
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Summary
Enterprises are coming to terms with new identity-driven cyberthreats and recognizing the underappreciated NHI (also referred to as a machine identity) attack surface that includes emerging AI agent deployments.
Balancing Stability, Agility, and Security
Workforce identity security is in a state of flux, with changing enterprise infrastructure, an expanding application portfolio to integrate, and sprawling cloud deployments that are exposing unsolved problems, inefficient processes, and fragmented solutions. Enterprises are coming to terms with new identity-driven cyberthreats and recognizing the underappreciated NHI (also referred to as a machine identity) attack surface that includes emerging AI agent deployments.
To gain further insight into these trends, we surveyed 370 IT and cybersecurity decision-makers at organizations in North America (U.S. and Canada) involved with or responsible for workforce IAM and identity security processes and technologies.
Research findings
- Workforce Identity and Application Volumes Grow Across the Board
- The Workforce Identity Security Tool Portfolio Is Expansive and Typically Includes Multiple Tools for Each Identity Domain
- IGA Deployments Are Hindered by Manual Processes, and Enterprises Regularly Discover Excessive Privileges
- Enterprises Are Concerned About Security Risk for NHIs/Machine Identities and Agentic AI
- Identity Security Tools Proliferate, but Plans Abound to Rationalize While Achieving Better Outcomes
- Identity Security Is a Top Priority, With Budgets Primed to Increase, and Agentic AI Management and Security Are the Focus
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Author
Todd Thiemann, Principal Analyst, Identity Security & Data Security[email protected]
