Human + Machine Identity: A New Frontier for DevOps Automation

Identity has become the front door to all our online experiences, and the security perimeter for all our data. However, there's been no easy way to handle scenarios that involve a combination of human and machine access. The problem gets worse when you have a stream of activity spanning a wide array of apps and backend systems. This problem surfaces in two use cases that concern the DevOps toolchain: gaining visibility into data and automating DevOps actions. If you're an engineer, how many times has someone left your organization and for months or years there are still Jira entries with their name on them?