Orchid Security's Identity Gap Report: Two-Thirds of Nonhuman Accounts Are Unseen and Unmanaged
New York, United States, May 19th, 2026, CyberNewswire/--Orchid Security, the company solving identity at its core, today released its Identity Gap: 2026 Snapshot report, revealing that the majority of enterprise identity now exists outside the view of identity and access management systems. The report found that invisible identity (“identity dark matter”) now outweighs visible identity across enterprise environments, 57% to 43%. Further, 67% of non-human accounts are created directly within the application, unseen and unmanaged by IAM programs.
This finding comes at a critical moment—organizations rapidly deploy AI agents, which in turn accelerates identity exposure. Traditional IAM was built to govern people. It was not built for autonomous systems that inherit credentials, act without human oversight, and often operate within the blind spot that identity dark matter creates.
Additional significant findings:
- 70% of enterprise applications contain an excessive number of privileged accounts, dramatically increasing the potential impact of...
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