Cyber Security

Machine Identity Management

February 01, 2026 • 1 min read • 13 views

Machine identities often outnumber human identities 10:1.

Machine Identity Types

- TLS/SSL certificates
- SSH keys
- API keys
- Service accounts
- IoT device identities

- Expired certificates (outages)
- Stolen keys (breaches)
- Orphaned credentials
- Over-privileged machines
- Weak key management

- Venafi
- Keyfactor
- HashiCorp Vault
- AWS Certificate Manager
- CyberArk

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