The biggest identity risk in Federal environments probably isn’t human Ask a Federal CISO what their biggest identity risk is right now, and most will say AI. Non-human identities (NHIs), service accounts, bots, and now AI agents out number Federal personnel by more than 20 to 1, per Federal News Network’s recent reporting on Federal insider risk . The Government Accountability Office (GAO) continues to flag these identities as poorly governed and rarely audited across the federal enterprise.