API security

Service Identity

A service identity is a technical identity assigned to a service so it can authenticate and call protected resources.

Definition

A service identity is the identity representation of a running service or workload. It is used to establish trust between systems, request tokens or equivalent credentials, and access downstream components according to defined authorization rules.

The Ariovis perspective

Machine, workload and agent identities need the same fundamentals as human identities: a clear owner, controlled credentials, limited permissions, a lifecycle and traceability.

These concepts matter most inside a real project.

The first conversation helps establish your context, the systems involved and the next useful decision.