Silverfort, the leading identity security company, introduced expanded protection of its non-human identity (NHI) security product to include cloud-based identities, covering NHIs in cloud identity providers, cloud infrastructure, and SaaS applications. With this announcement, Silverfort successfully integrated capabilities inherited from the Rezonate acquisition in November 2024. Organizations can now turn to Silverfort to meet every identity security need from human to non-human across their hybrid environments-from cloud to on-prem.
NHIs are mission critical for business, but secured as an afterthought
NHIs—service accounts, API keys, tokens, service principals, IAM roles, certificates, secrets, and more—are the connective tissue in an organization’s network. They are the backbone of a modern organization’s processes, allowing applications to interact with one another, yet their security remains fragmented and misaligned with their critical role. Created to “set and forget,” NHIs are difficult to track, and securing them is often split into minor features across different platforms, creating security gaps and blind spots.
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56% percent of organizations unknowingly sync their service accounts to their SaaS directory, increasing the attack surface by creating a multitude of dormant accounts in cloud identity management platforms. Excessive privileges, stale credentials, and lack of clear ownership make them prime targets for attackers and create compliance gaps. It’s estimated that NHIs outnumber human identities by at least 50 to one, and that gap is widening fast, fueled by the explosive growth of Generative AI and autonomous agents. Human identities often serve as the gateway to NHIs, which are a core component in an attacker’s kill chain.
“Emerging NHI-focused vendors attempt to address the problem with bespoke, point solutions that tackle a small fraction of the issue. But attackers don’t think in fragments. They exploit the entire attack surface, searching for any weakness that grants them access. Point solutions fail to provide full visibility into human and non-human identities across resources, leaving organizations with blind spots and unprotected gaps,” said Roy Akerman, VP of Identity Security Strategy, Silverfort.
“To effectively manage NHIs, organizations need cross-platform, hybrid support, and a platform that can do more than secure NHIs. Yes, NHIs are a challenge, but they are only one element in the broader identity security challenge. That’s why at Silverfort, we’ve integrated our NHI security offering into our broader platform, giving our customers visibility into and control over the entire attack surface—not just the NHI components.”
SOURCE: PRNewswire