Two-Thirds of Nonhuman Accounts Are Unseen and Unmanaged, According to Orchid Security’s Identity Gap Report

Orchid Security's Identity Gap:2026 Snapshot reports that the majority of enterprise identities now exist outside traditional IAM controls—57% are 'invisible'—with widespread issues including excessive privileged accounts, local authentication bypassing IdPs, orphaned accounts, and clear-text hardcoded credentials; the study warns these gaps are amplified by AI agents that rapidly discover and exploit unmanaged access paths, increasing operational, compliance, and security risk.