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100 Machine Identities for Every Human: Why Your IAM Strategy Is Already Outdated

100 Machine Identities for Every Human: Why Your IAM Strategy Is Already Outdated

Jul 10, 2026 | Blog

100 Machine Identities for Every Human: Why Your IAM Strategy Is Already Outdated | Propelex For every human who logs into your cloud environment, roughly 100 non-human identities are already there – service principals, API keys, OAuth tokens, and AI agents....

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