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title: "SpyCloud 2026 Identity Threat Report Finds Non-Human Identities Are Now the Leading Path into the Enterprise"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/spycloud-2026-identity-threat-report-finds-non-human-identities-are-f35b4fdc
published: 2026-09-09T12:00:00.000Z
byline: "Source: CSO Online"
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# SpyCloud 2026 Identity Threat Report Finds Non-Human Identities Are Now the Leading Path into the Enterprise

Source: CSO Online · Published 2026-09-09 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/spycloud-2026-identity-threat-report-finds-non-human-identities-are-f35b4fdc

Ninety-five percent of organizations believe they have visibility into their AI and machine identity exposures, yet only 36% are actually monitoring them. SpyCloud , the leader in identity threat protection, today released its annual SpyCloud Identity Threat Report , a survey-based study finding that non-human identities (NHIs) – the AI agents, service accounts, API keys, and authentication tokens that connect to internal systems – have become the most common route attackers take into the enterprise. SpyCloud 2026 Identity Threat Report, Source: SpyCloud The survey found that compromised NHIs (31%) are nearly 2x as likely to be the primary entry point compared to phishing and social engineering (17%), the second-ranked answer. NHI-related misuse was also the most commonly reported identity-based event type at 42%, yet the vast majority of organizations aren’t watching for them. While 95% of organizations believe they have adequate visibility into AI- and NHI-related exposures, only 36%

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## Sources

- [Read the original at CSO Online](https://www.csoonline.com/article/4220209/spycloud-2026-identity-threat-report-finds-non-human-identities-are-now-the-leading-path-into-the-enterprise.html)

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