Non-human identities routinely outnumber humans. However, the rapid integration of AI tools has introduced a new class that breaks the security assumptions of NHI.
Every critical system in engineering has a kill switch. When something goes wrong, there is a way to stop the system immediately. Identity does not have one. And that is becoming one of the most dangerous design flaws in modern security.
The Hugging Face Breach was a machine identity governance failure and identity best practices are sorely needed in the evolving frameworks for AI guardrails.