On average, 40% of AI agents and 40% of machine identities already have access to organizational data.

Over the next 12 months, organizations expect AI agents to increase by 85% and machine identities to increase by 77%, compared to the 56% growth in human identities.

Machine identities outnumber human users by 25:1 in Microsoft 365 environments.

Only 12% of organizations have achieved comprehensive automated life cycle management for machine identities.

Organizations now manage machine identities at a ratio commonly exceeding 100:1, with some sectors approaching 500:1.

Machine identities outnumber human users by a ratio of 17:1 in global enterprises.