--- title: How safe are your secrets with agentic AI handling them description: Non-human identities (NHIs) like applications, services, and bots use secrets (encrypted passwords, tokens, keys) to authenticate in cloud environments.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-safe-are-your-secrets-with-agentic-ai-handling-them-nccbupg8x twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How safe are your secrets with agentic AI handling them | daily.dev og:description: Non-human identities (NHIs) like applications, services, and bots use secrets (encrypted passwords, tokens, keys) to authenticate in cloud environments.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-safe-are-your-secrets-with-agentic-ai-handling-them-nccbupg8x og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/NCcbuPG8X.png og:image:alt: How safe are your secrets with agentic AI handling them og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How safe are your secrets with agentic AI handling them **[Security Boulevard](https://daily.dev/sources/securityboulevard)** · 9 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Non-human identities (NHIs) like applications, services, and bots use secrets (encrypted passwords, tokens, keys) to authenticate in cloud environments. Managing these machine identities requires comprehensive platforms that provide visibility into ownership, permissions, and vulnerabilities rather than point solutions. Agentic AI systems can autonomously manage secrets using machine learning to detect anomalies and prevent breaches. Effective NHI management reduces risk, improves compliance, increases efficiency through automation, and provides cost savings. Best practices include implementing MFA, regular secret rotation, continuous monitoring, automated discovery tools, and aligning security with development teams. Organizations must integrate NHI management into corporate governance and avoid common pitfalls like over-reliance on manual processes and inadequate training. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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