Non-human identities
Agent Identity
An Agent Identity is a digital identity associated with an autonomous or semi-autonomous software agent.
Identity and Access Management glossary
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AI Identity
An AI Identity is the governed identity of an AI agent, model or assistant, making it possible to know who acts, on whose behalf, on which resource and within which limits.
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Machine Identity
A Machine Identity is a non-human identity used by an application, host, workload, or system component to authenticate or act digitally.
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Non-Human Identity
A Non-Human Identity is a digital identity used by a system, service, workload, bot, script, or automation rather than by a person.
NHI - Non-human identities
Shadow AI
Shadow AI refers to AI agents, models, or automations operating without sufficient visibility, registration, or governance.