NHI Governance is the structured management of secrets connected to non-human identities such as microservices, containers, scripts, and APIs throughout their entire lifecycle. It complements existing tools like HashiCorp Vault and AWS Secrets Manager by adding automation, identity context, and policy enforcement on top of secret storage. Beyond visibility and control, NHI Governance helps enterprises mitigate the full range of risks identified in the OWASP Top 10 for Machine Identities, which are shown below.