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Non-Human Identities (NHIs) are an emerging focus for Security Operations Centers (SOCs) in the age of automation and autonomous tooling. With many of the most recent cyber-attacks focused on compromising NHIs such as secrets, machine identities, and OAuth tokens, securing NHIs has become a forefront concern when protecting confidential information and other digital assets. The Problem Findings from recent research from Entro Labs indicate NHIs outnumber human identities in modern enterprises by over 92:1, requiring more extensive visibility and investigation throughout the enterprise to secure than ever before. The rapid proliferation of Non-Human Identities throughout modern enterprises has standardized security exposure as a de-facto practice of most organizations - While Identity Access Management (IAM) tools and Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) processes safeguard human identities and manage their lifecycles (onboarding, offboarding, role changes, etc…), NHI mana...

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications have become the backbone of many modern businesses. With the myriad of functionalities they offer, they maximize collaboration, agility, scalability, and ultimately, profits. So it's no wonder that companies rely on an incredible hundreds of apps today, up from dozens just a few years ago. But this rapid adoption has introduced brand-new vulnerabilities and elusive blind spots. 2024 saw many attacks originating from SaaS apps including those perpetrated by nation states . And the headlines about SaaS app attacks seem to be getting more ominous if that is even possible. The culprits behind the attacks come from outsiders, insiders, third parties, and even unintentional human errors or negligence. The need to address this snowballing trend has reached a critical point. Given the scale and speed of app development and adoption, we are creating a larger attack surface for increasingly capable adversaries every day. In such a high-stakes environm...