What is non-human identity?
Every API, application, agent, service, device, and wallet that acts on behalf of an organisation has an identity, but it can't log in, reset a password, or click approve. Non-human identity (NHI) is the access control problem your IAM and API gateway were never designed to solve.
Your ecosystem is mostly machines
In a modern enterprise, non-human identities outnumber human ones by 10 to 1 or more. In an open finance ecosystem with hundreds of participants, the ratio is far higher. Every one of those machine actors needs a credential, a defined permission set, and the ability to be revoked.
APIs
Data interfaces your partners call, each holds a credential and needs access control.
Microservices
Internal services calling each other, each is an identity that needs a certificate.
AI Agents
Autonomous software acting across clouds, systems, and organisational boundaries.
Wallets
Digital identity wallets presenting credentials on behalf of an organisation.
Partner Applications
Third-party apps your participants build on top of your platform.
Devices & IoT
Connected hardware with embedded certificates and access policies.
Why existing tools leave a gap
IAM platforms were designed for human users, MFA, SSO, and password policies don't apply to a machine. API gateways enforce traffic rules but can't verify who a machine actor really is, manage its lifecycle, or see across organisational boundaries. Neither tool was built for the trust problem that open ecosystems create.
The trust layer built for machine actors
Connect sits above your existing IAM and API gateway, providing the credential issuance, lifecycle management, and cross-boundary policy enforcement that machine actors need and those tools can't provide.
Issue credentials machines can use
Connect's HSM-backed PKI issues certificate-bound credentials to every API, agent, service, and device in your ecosystem. No passwords. No shared secrets. Cryptographic identity for everything that can't log in.
Govern the full lifecycle
Register, activate, suspend, and revoke. As machine actors join, change scope, or are decommissioned, Connect manages the lifecycle automatically, without manual intervention.
Enforce policy across boundaries
Non-human identities don't respect cloud or organisational boundaries, and neither do Connect's policies. The same governance model applies across every system, cloud, and partner boundary.
Connect doesn't replace your API gateway or IAM. It governs the trust relationships between organisations that those tools were never designed to see.
Where will your ecosystem take you?
Whether you're a regulator building a national digital economy, an enterprise platformising across brands and clouds, or a bank that wants to stop rebuilding trust for every new use case, there's a next step.
See It in Action
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