Non- Human Identity Management
Non-Human Identity Management
Gain control over service accounts with SecurEnds’ automated governance and visibility framework for non-human identities.
Every modern organization is built on a complex foundation of people, processes, and technology. Hidden within that foundation are thousands of identities that don’t belong to employees at all but still hold the keys to critical systems. These non-human identities—service accounts, automation bots, background scripts, APIs, certificates, and containers—operate silently in the background, but often with wide-reaching access. Many of these accounts are created quickly for convenience, granted excessive privileges, and then forgotten. They remain active far longer than intended, rarely reviewed, and frequently undocumented.
The result is one of the fastest-growing security blind spots in the enterprise. Non-human identities outnumber human users in most organizations, yet they are managed with far less rigor. Attackers know this and increasingly target these overlooked accounts to gain a foothold, escalate privileges, and move laterally. Compliance teams also recognize the risks, holding organizations accountable for the activities of every identity, human or otherwise.
SecurEnds Non-Human Identity Management brings these invisible accounts into the light. By giving you complete visibility, clear ownership, and continuous control, the platform helps transform unmanaged risk into a structured, auditable process. With SecurEnds, non-human identity governance becomes as reliable and automated as the technologies it protects.
Key Benefits
Discover Everything
Automatically uncover and inventory every non-human identity across cloud services, on-premises systems, and hybrid environments. Instead of relying on manual lists or partial visibility, SecurEnds builds a living catalog of accounts that updates as your infrastructure changes. You know what exists, where it resides, what it can access, and who—if anyone—is responsible for it.
Assign Ownership and Purpose
Non-human identities are dangerous when they have no clear owner. SecurEnds eliminates these “orphan” accounts by assigning them to the right teams or individuals. Each account is linked to a defined business purpose, ensuring accountability and making it easier to justify its existence to auditors and regulators.
Automate Lifecycle Management
Human employees follow a hiring-to-exit lifecycle; non-human identities should too. SecurEnds enforces policies for account creation, renewal, and retirement. You can define expiry dates, schedule periodic reviews, and decommission accounts automatically when they are no longer needed. This prevents forgotten accounts from living indefinitely in your environment.
Enforce Least Privilege
Excessive permissions are a major risk factor. With SecurEnds, granted privileges are continuously compared against actual usage. When identities have access they do not need, the system flags them for review and remediation. This right-sizes accounts and ensures that access is minimized without disrupting operations.
Monitor and Remediate in Real Time
Dormant or anomalous activity often signals risk. SecurEnds monitors identities continuously, detecting inactivity, privilege escalation, or unusual access patterns. The platform can trigger automated remediation—such as disabling an unused account—or route issues into review workflows for rapid human action.
Stay Audit-Ready
Proving governance is just as important as practicing it. SecurEnds generates detailed reports and dashboards that satisfy auditors and regulators across multiple standards: ISO 27001, SOX, NIST, HIPAA, GDPR, and SOC 2. Instead of scrambling for evidence during an audit, you can demonstrate continuous compliance with a few clicks.
Why It Matters
Unmanaged non-human identities are a silent but serious threat. They expand your attack surface, give intruders hidden entry points, and weaken your compliance posture. They also increase the risk of insider misuse, since employees can abuse forgotten accounts with little chance of detection. By bringing these identities under control, SecurEnds reduces those risks, strengthens governance, and creates operational consistency. Organizations save time, protect data, and reassure regulators—all within a single platform that manages both human and non-human accounts together.
Use Cases
SecurEnds supports a wide range of real-world challenges:
- Cleaning up years of legacy service accounts across Active Directory, LDAP, and other directories, where ownership and purpose are long forgotten.
- Governing microservices and container identities in modern cloud-native environments, where automation spins up new accounts daily.
- Tracking and securing API keys, SSH keys, and certificates used by bots, applications, and background processes.
- Demonstrating strong governance of machine accounts during compliance audits, avoiding penalties or audit findings.
- Detecting and removing dormant, inactive, or over-privileged accounts in critical systems before they can be exploited.
Built for Security and Compliance
SecurEnds is designed to integrate directly with the systems you already use. It connects with cloud providers, directories, and secret managers to ensure continuous oversight of every identity. Each action—whether provisioning, renewal, or deprovisioning—is tracked, reviewed, and logged in an auditable trail. This reduces manual overhead for IT teams while giving risk and compliance teams the assurance that nothing slips through the cracks.
Take Control of Your Non-Human Identities
Non-human identities may already outnumber your employees by a wide margin, and their growth shows no signs of slowing. Left unmanaged, they become your biggest security blind spot. With SecurEnds, you can finally discover them, assign ownership, govern their lifecycle, and enforce least privilege. You gain confidence, reduce risk, and bring hidden accounts under control—before they put your business at risk.
Challenge #1: No Visibility into Ownership or Purpose of Service Accounts
Many service accounts are created and left unmanaged, with no clear ownership or documentation. These accounts often have elevated privileges and persist indefinitely, creating a major security and compliance risk.
SecurEnds Solution: Centralized Inventory with Ownership Mapping
SecurEnds ingests identity data from directories and applications to build a Non-Human Identity Map, linking accounts to business processes or owners. You can assign ownership, define account purpose, and set expiration or review cycles to ensure ongoing accountability
Challenge #2: Overprivileged or Dormant Service Accounts Pose Hidden Risk
Non-human identities often have more access than required, and their usage isn’t continuously monitored. This makes them attractive targets for lateral movement or unauthorized activities.
SecurEnds Solution: Access Reviews For Service Accounts
SecurEnds enables periodic Access Reviews for non-human identities, just like user accounts. You can compare entitlements, usage history, and last login data to identify dormant or overprivileged service accounts and trigger revocation workflows.
