The Human-Machine Identity Blur: A Unified Framework for Cybersecurity Risk Management in 2025

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.18255v1
• Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:37:14 GMT
• Title: The Human-Machine Identity Blur: A Unified Framework for Cybersecurity Risk Management in 2025
• Authors: Kush Janani,
• Abstract summary: The modern enterprise is facing an unprecedented surge in digital identities.<n>Human and machine identities intersect, delegate authority, and create new attack surfaces.<n>We propose a Unified Identity Governance Framework based on four core principles.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: The modern enterprise is facing an unprecedented surge in digital identities, with machine identities now significantly outnumbering human identities. This paper examines the cybersecurity risks emerging from what we define as the "human-machine identity blur" - the point at which human and machine identities intersect, delegate authority, and create new attack surfaces. Drawing from industry data, expert insights, and real-world incident analysis, we identify key governance gaps in current identity management models that treat human and machine entities as separate domains. To address these challenges, we propose a Unified Identity Governance Framework based on four core principles: treating identity as a continuum rather than a binary distinction, applying consistent risk evaluation across all identity types, implementing continuous verification guided by zero trust principles, and maintaining governance throughout the entire identity lifecycle. Our research shows that organizations adopting this unified approach experience a 47 percent reduction in identity-related security incidents and a 62 percent improvement in incident response time. We conclude by offering a practical implementation roadmap and outlining future research directions as AI-driven systems become increasingly autonomous.

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