Two-Thirds of Nonhuman Accounts Are Unseen and Unmanaged, According to Orchid Security's Identity Gap
New York, United States, May 19th, 2026, CyberNewswire
New research shows identity dark matter continues to expand and erode enterprise identity, resulting in a fragile foundation for agent AI readiness and adoption
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...
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