Solution · NHI Governance

Discover, secure, and manage every non-human identity.

Discover, secure, and manage every service account, API key, and machine credential across your environment. Eliminate the identity blind spot that attackers exploit most.

The challenge

The NHI Security Challenge

Challenge

Service accounts with permanent credentials that never rotate

TigerIdentity Solution

Automated credential rotation with just-in-time provisioning and automatic expiry

Challenge

No inventory of API keys, OAuth tokens, and service accounts

TigerIdentity Solution

Complete discovery and cataloging of every non-human identity across your environment

Challenge

Orphaned credentials from departed employees and decommissioned services

TigerIdentity Solution

Continuous lifecycle management that detects and revokes orphaned identities

Challenge

Over-privileged service accounts with admin-level access

TigerIdentity Solution

Least-privilege enforcement with continuous access right-sizing based on actual usage

How it works

How TigerIdentity governs non-human identities

A continuous three-phase workflow to discover, assess, and govern every machine credential.

01

Discover & Inventory

Connect your identity sources and automatically catalog every non-human identity

02

Assess & Prioritize

Score risk for each NHI based on privileges, age, usage, and exposure

03

Govern & Automate

Enforce rotation policies, right-size permissions, and eliminate orphaned credentials

Architecture

How non-human identity governance follows a full lifecycle.

Discovery is just the first turn of the ring. After an NHI is found, it moves through ownership assignment, risk assessment, rotation enforcement, and continuous monitoring before eventual decommissioning. No phase is optional; each one closes a different attack surface.

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The NHI governance shift

From unmanaged credential sprawl to governed identity fabric.

Without TigerIdentity

  • Service accounts with permanent credentials that never rotate
  • No inventory: API keys and OAuth tokens exist outside any system of record
  • Orphaned credentials persist for months after employees depart
  • Over-privileged accounts with admin-level access to production systems

With TigerIdentity

  • Automated rotation with just-in-time provisioning and automatic expiry
  • Complete discovery across 80+ platforms, continuously updated
  • Continuous lifecycle management revokes orphaned identities automatically
  • Least-privilege enforcement with right-sizing based on actual usage
Capabilities

Everything you need for NHI governance.

Discovery, rotation, JIT access, risk scoring, and relationship mapping. All automated.

Credential Discovery

Automatically discover and inventory every service account, API key, OAuth token, and certificate across cloud and on-prem environments.

Automated Rotation

Schedule and enforce credential rotation policies. Rotate secrets without downtime using zero-touch automation.

Just-In-Time Access

Provision short-lived credentials on demand. Eliminate standing privileges for CI/CD pipelines and service accounts.

Usage Analytics

Track every authentication and API call made by non-human identities. Identify unused and over-privileged credentials.

Risk Scoring

Continuously assess risk for each NHI based on privilege level, rotation age, usage patterns, and exposure surface.

Relationship Mapping

Visualize dependencies between services, credentials, and resources. Understand blast radius before making changes.

Principle

A vault only protects the secrets you put in it.

Why TigerIdentity for NHI Governance

Purpose-built to close the non-human identity security gap that legacy IAM ignores.

Unified Identity View

Manage human and non-human identities from a single platform. No more blind spots between IAM silos.

Behavioral Baselines

Machine learning models establish normal behavior for each NHI and alert on deviations in real-time.

Zero-Downtime Rotation

Rotate credentials automatically without service interruptions using dual-credential strategies.

Vault Integration

Native integration with HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, and GCP Secret Manager.

Solutions For

NHI governance for every team managing machine identities at scale.

DevOps Teams

Secure CI/CD pipeline credentials and automate secret rotation across deployment workflows.

Platform Engineering

Govern service mesh identities, API gateways, and microservice-to-microservice authentication.

Enterprise IT

Discover and manage service accounts across Active Directory, cloud IAM, and SaaS applications.

Financial Services

Meet FFIEC and PCI DSS requirements for non-human credential management and rotation.

Security Operations

Reduce attack surface by eliminating standing privileges and detecting credential compromise.

Cloud Architecture

Manage cross-cloud service identities and enforce consistent access policies across providers.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Non-human identities include service accounts, API keys, OAuth tokens, certificates, CI/CD credentials, bot accounts, and any other machine or application identity that authenticates to your systems. NHIs typically outnumber human identities 10-to-1 in enterprise environments.

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