EBOOK
Identity has become the control plane, but it’s still being governed with models built for human users. Non-human identities now vastly outnumber people, and AI agents are adding a new layer that looks legitimate by design. This eBook covers why conventional identity tools leave organizations exposed, and the model built for identity as it exists today.
Attackers increasingly log in rather than break in, using stolen credentials and session tokens to move laterally without tripping alarms. At the same time, service accounts, API keys, and tokens multiply faster than anyone can track. Many outlive their purpose, have no known owner, and go unrotated for years, leaving dormant access that’s waiting to be exploited.
Traditional identity tools answer one question: does this person have the right access? The question that matters now is whether access has become risky over time. Privilege drift, lingering API connections, and unmonitored sessions accumulate silently, and conventional tools have no way to measure that cumulative exposure. The result is an environment that appears governed but isn’t.
Governance establishes who or what gets access, under what conditions, and with what authority, extended explicitly to machine and agent identities. Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM) continuously evaluates whether that access is still safe and surfaces exposure before attackers find it. Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) catches what gets through and contains active compromise quickly. Posture reduces the blast radius, and response acts when a threat crosses the line.
Digital Hands unifies ISPM and ITDR in a single managed service covering human, non-human, and AI identities. Identity & Access Advisory baselines your identity risk and delivers a prioritized remediation path. Continuous ISPM identifies drift, orphaned credentials, and excessive privilege before they become incidents. Analyst-led ITDR, integrated into our 24/7 SOC and MDR workflows, delivers fast, precise containment. Together, they make up Managed Identity Defense.