The NHI Global Summit - The Human Journey to Managing NHIs: Lessons from a CISO on the Frontline
The NHI Global Summit - The Human Journey to Managing NHIs: Lessons from a CISO on the Frontline  
Podcast: The Non-Human & AI Identity Podcast
Published On: Thu Sep 04 2025
Description: Our NHI Mgmt Group (https://nhimg.org) hosts the NHI Global Summit at the Nasdaq Building, Times Square on February 27th 2025.Mario Duarte (Chief Information Security Officer, Aembit & Former CISO of Snowflake) gave fascinating insights, having previously been CISO at Snowflake.60% of CISOs in publicly traded companies state that IAM is a function owned by their team65% of CISOs in privately held companies state that IAM is a function owned by their teamHuman errors are the cause of the majority of major security breaches in the past 20 years – from weak passwords and poor credential management, phishing attacks, misconfigured system and security settings, unpatched software, unauthorised software and shadow ITHuman IAM solutions like MFA FIDO2, Zero Trust etc have created more secure access and made users lives better and more productiveSame goals required for Non-Human Identities – find solutions that improve the overall security posture; help everyone become more productiveWhat were the root causes from a huge breach : found issues/anomalies with software accessing the most sensitive systems (and there were a lot of them); monitoring and alerting wasn’t good enough; Devs were left with a terrible experience managing secretsBy deploying Non-Human IAM you will achieve : proactive practices with automation; better developer experience, multiplier effect when integrating NHI IAM with existing security toolsFor more great content on Non-Human Identities, go to our portal https://nhimg.org/, where we have the most comprehensive knowledge centre on Non-Human / Machine Identities, including Research, White Papers, Breaches, Discussion Forum, Blogs and Products that support the risk management of NHIs.