Resources
Field notes on the non-human identity problem
Research, engineering deep-dives, and plain-language category education from the team building GraphDefend.
- Security Research
Anatomy of an NHI breach: how one leaked token reached production
A walkthrough of a real-world lateral movement path — and the three edges that would have stopped it.
8 min read - Category Education
ITDR, NHI, machine identity: a buyer's map of the 2026 landscape
The category is crowded with overlapping terms. Here's how the pieces actually fit together.
6 min read - Engineering
Why we model identity as a graph (and what that buys you)
Lists tell you what is risky. Graphs tell you what is reachable. The difference is the whole product.
5 min read
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