It is not a coincidence that non-human identities (NHIs) have come into focus recently while AI-powered tools and autonomous agents are rapidly being adopted. In fact, this is partially what is driving the explosion of NHIs in the enterprise. This has sparked a lot of research and conversations about machine identity and governance. Like human users of systems, NHIs, such as AI agents, bots, scripts, and cloud workloads, operate using secrets. These credentials grant access to sensitive systems and data. They can take many forms and must always be accounted for, from creation to offboarding. Unlike humans, machines can't use multifactor authentication or passkeys, and developers can generate hundreds of these credentials through their work deploying applications.