Organizations are leaning hard into machine identity security, but what does this look like in practice?

We surveyed 1,200 senior IT and security leaders across the globe to see what's top of mind, where they face the biggest challenges, and how they're navigating the ever-evolving complexities of machine identity security — shorter certificate lifespans, cloud native workloads, AI models, and quantum computing, to name a few.

Some key learnings:

• Only 23% of decision-makers report explicit machine identity security strategies being rolled out at their organizations.
• 72% of organizations experienced certificate-related outages last year, and these disruptions are occurring with alarming frequency.
• 50% of organizations reported breaches tied to compromised machine identities, with assets like TLS certificates and API keys being increasingly targeted as entry points for attacks.

How does your company’s program measure up? Read our 2025 report to explore how you can stay ahead of the ever-evolving complexities of machine identity security.