NHI Security
NHI (Non-Human Identity) security is the practice of discovering, managing, and securing machine identities—service accounts, API keys, tokens, and certificates—used by non-human workloads.
Why this matters for AI agents
NHI security is a growing category as machine identities proliferate. For AI agents—a new class of NHI—NHI security tools handle identity discovery and rotation but leave tool-call access ungoverned.
How AgntID relates
AgntID complements NHI security by adding the execution-time enforcement layer that NHI tools do not provide—NHI manages credentials at rest, AgntID governs how agents use those credentials at runtime.
The static IAM gap
NHI security tools operate at the credential and identity posture level. They do not evaluate individual tool invocations during agent execution.
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What is NHI security?
NHI (Non-Human Identity) security is the practice of discovering, managing, and securing machine identities—service accounts, API keys, tokens, and certificates—used by non-human workloads.
How does NHI security apply to AI agents?
AI agents are a new class of NHI. NHI security tools handle agent identity discovery and credential rotation but leave tool-call access ungoverned during execution.
How does AgntID complement NHI security?
AgntID adds the execution-time enforcement layer that NHI security tools do not provide. NHI manages credentials at rest; AgntID governs how agents use those credentials at runtime.
Secure every agent tool call at execution time.
AgntID gives infrastructure teams scoped, ephemeral access control for AI agents without replacing IAM, MCP servers, tools, or agent frameworks.