Definitions · N · Identity & NHIM
NHIM (Non-Human Identity Management)
NHIM is Blekline's category for governing autonomous agents at the execution boundary — who the agent is, what tools may run, and whether session lineage permits action. It complements human IAM with stateful runtime enforcement.
NHIM extends identity governance from human users to autonomous agents — covering who the agent is, which tools may execute, and whether session lineage still permits action.
vs human IAM
| Human IAM | NHIM |
|---|---|
| Login, SSO, RBAC at app layer | Runtime tool-call enforcement |
| Periodic access reviews | Stateful session lineage |
| Credentials for people | Machine identities + sidecar binding |
In Blekline
- Overview: /docs/introduction/nhim
- Static baseline: NHIM audit
- Runtime: MCP proxy, Lineage Firewall
Related terms
Used in
- Quick Start
- Choose your path
- CI gate
- Eval journey
- NHIM audit quickstart
- MCP self-serve eval
- Runtime enforcement
- NHIM overview
- Egress governance
- Mask backends
- Enclave AKS
- Enterprise in-VPC
- Docker sidecar
- CI NHIM gate
- Compliance evidence
- Kubernetes deployment
- Reference architecture
- Shadow MCP detection
- NHIM Audit CLI
- Trust Vault sidecar
- Lineage enforcement
- NHIM verification
- Multi-region Ingress
- Microsoft Sentinel
- Benchmarks
- Trust Boundaries
- Coverage & residuals
- Threat Model
- Runtime Simulator
- Procurement Pack
- Implementation checklist