Does implementing Agentic AI fit the budget of SMBs

## Executive Summary This blog post describes the importance of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and secret management across their lifecycle — discovery, classification, threat detection, and remediation — arguing that effective NHI management reduces risk, improves compliance, and increases operational efficiency; it highlights industry benefits (healthcare, finance, DevOps, SMEs), common challenges (credential sprawl, lack of visibility, legacy systems, integration gaps), and recommends automation, continuous monitoring, and AI-driven approaches to strengthen machine identity security.