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Visibility and control for Non-Human Identities and AI agents

Q: Why are Non-Human Identities a security risk?

Non-Human Identities are frequently over-privileged, long-lived and poorly tracked. Many organisations do not have a complete inventory of their machine identities, which means misconfigured or compromised credentials can go undetected. Attackers increasingly target NHIs because they often provide persistent access to critical systems without triggering user-based detection controls.

Q: How does AI agent adoption affect NHI security?

AI agents operate autonomously, consume credentials and interact with systems across an organisation's environment, often without the oversight applied to human or traditional machine identities. In many organisations, AI agent adoption is happening faster than the governance structures needed to manage it. Getting visibility over what agents exist and what they can access is an important first step.

Q: What is Identity Lineage®?

Identity Lineage® is Clutch Security's proprietary graph-based technology. It maps every identity, agent and secret to its origin, the people behind it, where it is stored, what consumes it and the resources it can reach. This provides a connected view of the non-human identity estate without manual correlation.

Q: How does Clutch integrate with existing tools?

Clutch connects to more than 100 cloud providers, SaaS applications, vaults, code repositories, CI/CD platforms and endpoints through an agentless, API-based architecture. Supported integrations include AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, GitHub, GitLab, HashiCorp Vault, CyberArk, Okta and Salesforce.

Q: What does Intragen's involvement add?

Clutch provides the technology. Intragen brings identity and security expertise to help organisations make practical use of it, including scoping priorities, aligning NHI security with broader IAM and security programmes, and advising on capabilities beyond the platform's scope.

Non-Human Identities can now outnumber human users by a factor of 100 or more in enterprise environments. Service accounts, API keys, tokens, certificates, and AI agents operate across cloud, SaaS, DevOps pipelines, and AI-driven infrastructure. Yet many operate without consistent oversight or governance.

Intragen partners with Clutch Security as part of a broader set of services to help organisations get visibility over this expanding attack surface: understanding what Non-Human Identities and AI agents exist, what they can access, and where the risks lie. Clutch provides the discovery, detection, and remediation layer, automatically surfacing NHIs, AI agents, and secrets across cloud, SaaS, and on-premises environments.

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What are Non-Human Identities?

Non-Human Identities are the machine and workload identities used by applications, services, scripts, and automation to access systems and data. They include:

Service accounts
API keys
Secrets and access tokens
Certificates
OAuth credentials
AI agents and their associated credentials

These identities operate across cloud platforms, SaaS applications, on-premises systems, CI/CD pipelines, and AI-driven environments, often at scale and without consistent governance. Unlike human user accounts, they are rarely subject to the same oversight and lifecycle controls.

The challenge

Non-Human Identities have grown rapidly with cloud adoption, DevOps automation, and AI workloads. The rise of AI agents has added a further dimension: agents create and consume credentials dynamically, often without the controls applied to human identities. In many organisations, ownership of this challenge is still unclear.

Most organisations find they lack:

A clear, centralised inventory of machine identities, AI agents, and the secrets they use
Visibility into how those identities are used, what they connect to, and who owns them
Consistent governance and lifecycle control across environments
Effective detection of misuse, misconfiguration, or compromise

Because these identities are often highly privileged and long-lived, compromised credentials can provide persistent, undetected access to critical systems. The challenge is compounded when AI agents are involved, as they operate across teams and tools that traditional Identity and Access Management (IAM) programmes do not yet cover.

100 x+

Non-Human Identities can now outnumber human users by a factor of 100 or more in enterprise environments (Clutch Security)

6 %

Around 6% of organisations report full visibility into their service accounts (NHIMG Ultimate Guide to NHIs)

18 %

Only 18% of organisations are highly confident their current IAM can manage agent identities (Cloud Security Alliance and Strata Identity, 2026)

How Clutch Security helps

Clutch Security is a purpose-built Non-Human Identity security platform that provides organisations with visibility, context, and control over their NHI estate. It is powered by Identity Lineage®, which maps every identity, agent, and secret to its origin, owners, storage locations, consuming systems, and accessible resources.

Clutch enables organisations to:

Discover and inventory Non-Human Identities

Continuously across cloud, SaaS, on-premises, DevOps, and AI environments.

Understand how identities are used

What they connect to, and what they can access through Identity Lineage®

Manage the lifecycle of machine identities

From creation to decommissioning, reducing credential sprawl

Identify unmanaged identities

Identify overprivileged, misconfigured, or unmanaged identities and prioritise remediation based on business impact

Gain visibility into AI agents

Operating in the environment (including unmanaged or previously unknown instances) and assess the credentials and access they hold.

Detect anomalous behaviour

And respond to potential compromise with greater speed and context.

Clutch helps organisations discover, assess and secure Non-Human Identities, AI agents and secrets through contextual visibility, posture management and Zero Trust enforcement. Where organisations also require broader AI governance, operating model design or policy frameworks, Intragen can help define how these additional capabilities fit alongside the technology.

Discovery and Inventory

Continuously discover and map all Non-Human Identities, AI agents, and secrets across cloud, SaaS, on-premises, and DevOps environments into a centralised, contextualised inventory.

Identity Lineage®

Map every identity, agent, and secret to its origin, owners, storage location, consuming systems, and accessible resources, enabling informed risk analysis and faster investigation.

Lifecycle Management

Manage machine identities and secrets from creation through decommissioning, reducing unmanaged credentials and improving governance consistency.

Posture and Risk Management

Identify and prioritise risks by access scope and blast radius, with actionable remediation guidance based on business context.

Detection and Response

Monitor identity and agent behaviour, detect anomalous activity, and respond with full context to reduce investigation and remediation time.

AI Agent Visibility

Discover AI agents operating in the environment, map what they can access and what credentials they hold, and assess the associated risk.

Secrets Scanning

Identify leaked secrets outside vaults, with contextual remediation guidance and vault augmentation to close coverage gaps.

Zero Trust Enforcement

Continuously verify identity usage and reduce reliance on static, long-lived credentials across machine identities.

Need to know

Questions we hear most

1 What is a Non-Human Identity?

2 Why are Non-Human Identities a security risk?

3 How does AI agent adoption affect NHI security?

4 What is Identity Lineage®?

5 How does Clutch integrate with existing tools?

6 Does Clutch cover the full scope of AI security?

7 What does Intragen's involvement add?

What is a Non-Human Identity?

A Non-Human Identity is any machine or workload identity used by an application, service, script, or automation to access systems and data. Common examples include service accounts, API keys, access tokens, OAuth credentials, and certificates. These identities are distinct from human user accounts and are typically managed separately, often with less governance and oversight.

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Why work with Intragen

Clutch provides the technology. Intragen helps organisations put it to work.

Non-Human Identity security is not purely a tooling problem. Organisations need clarity on what to prioritise, how findings connect to broader security and compliance objectives, and what to do when the answer goes beyond what any single product addresses.

Working with Intragen, organisations can:

Assess their current Non-Human Identity and AI agent exposure
Understand where Clutch delivers value and where additional capabilities are needed
Align NHI security with their broader IAM and Zero Trust objectives
Get practical guidance on lifecycle governance and remediation priorities
Build towards a broader AI identity programme as their requirements mature

What good looks like

With the right approach to Non-Human Identity security, organisations can achieve:

A clear, current inventory of machine identities, AI agents, and secrets across the estate
Ownership and lifecycle accountability for non-human credentials
Reduced reliance on static, long-lived, and unmanaged credentials
Faster detection of and response to suspicious identity activity
A foundation for broader AI identity governance as programmes mature

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Typical use cases:

Understanding your NHI exposure

Get a clear picture of what machine identities, AI agents, and secrets exist across your environment, and where the highest-risk gaps are.

AI agent discovery

Gain visibility into AI agents operating in the environment, including shadow and unmanaged instances, and understand what credentials and access they hold.

Secrets and credential sprawl reduction

Identify and reduce unmanaged secrets, tokens, and keys across pipelines, repositories, logs, and collaboration tools.

Cloud and multi-cloud identity visibility

Map Non-Human Identities and AI agents across cloud platforms, understand what they access, and identify misconfigurations.

DevOps and CI/CD security

Bring visibility and ownership to identities used in build pipelines and automation toolchains.

Incident investigation and response

Use Identity Lineage® context to investigate identity-related incidents faster, with a complete view of relationships, permissions, and access paths.

Start with visibility

Understanding what Non-Human Identities and AI agents exist in your environment (and what they can access) is the essential first step. Intragen and Clutch Security help organisations get that visibility quickly, and build from there.

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