Glossary
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As AI agents become autonomous, they require their own identities separate from the humans who created them. Managing NHIs involves assigning unique IDs, rotating credentials, and enforcing task-scoped permissions to prevent agents from inheriting over-privileged access that can be exploited by attackers.
Example
A marketing agent is assigned a Non-Human Identity with Read-Only access to the CRM; this identity is revoked automatically the moment the campaign-summary task is finished.