97% of non-human identities (NHIs) have excessive privileges, increasing unauthorized access and broadening the attack surface, according to Entro Security’s 2025 State of Non-Human Identities and Secrets in Cybersecurity report. 92% of organizations expose NHIs to third parties, resulting in unauthorized access if third-party security practices are not aligned with organizational standards. Surprisingly, 44% of tokens are exposed in the wild, being sent or stored over platforms like Teams, Jira tickets, Confluence pages, code commits, … More →

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