The Census

Orchid Security launched Identity Audit in February 2026 to address the finding that 46% of enterprise identity activity occurs outside centralized IAM visibility—what they call 'identity dark matter.' Non-human identities now outnumber human ones by ratios up to 144:1, with AI agents as the fastest-growing subcategory possessing autonomous agency. Gartner has created a new product category called guardian agents for AI that monitors other AI, highlighting the industry's fundamental challenge of simply counting its agents.