1、State of Machine Identity Management2022Chris HickmanChief Security Officer(CSO)2ForewordTraditionally,IT and security leaders have viewed identity and access management(IAM)through the lens of human identity.In this context,IAM is about how users are identified,authenticated,and authorized to acces

2、s data and applications.Theres just one problem human identities are only one cog in the IAM machine.Today,your workforce is part human,part machine.In fact,the number of machines,including everything from servers,containers,end-user and IoT devices,likely far outnumbers humans on your network.And,t

3、heres only growth on the horizon.As we shift from tradi-tional IT to more dynamic workloads in the cloud and at the edge,the number of machines is growing.They run our websites and applications,they connect us with our customers,they even drive split-second decisions through AI and process automatio

4、n.Just like humans,every one of these machines needs an identity,and every one of these identities must be managed and protected.Unlike human identities,though,machine IDs come in the form of cryptographic keys,digital certificates,and other secrets.Growing use of machine IDs has forced IT organizat

5、ions to re-think how they define IAM.Thats why Im excited to share our second annual State of Machine Identity Management(MIM)report.This years report makes one thing clear;enterprises cannot ignore the role of public key infra-structure(PKI),cryptography,and machine IDs within the broader IAM lands

6、cape.No longer niche technologies,they are essential to IAM strategy.In the era of zero-trust,identity must be top of mind for CISOs,and building a solid machine identity management program is key.At Keyfactor,we work with security leaders,engineers,developers,and product teams to solve even the mos