As the cybersecurity landscape shifts toward hyperautomation and AI-driven autonomy, a new frontier has emerged: the identity and access security of machines. In this episode, we explore Booz Allen Ventures’ strategic investment in Corsha, a company at the forefront of Machine Identity Provider (mIDP) technology. Their collaboration marks a pivotal moment in redefining how we secure machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, especially in operational environments and critical infrastructure.

Corsha’s platform addresses a seismic transformation: machines now outnumber humans in digital ecosystems by a ratio of 50:1—or even 80:1 in some accounts. With the rise of Agentic AI, autonomous software agents are making decisions, executing tasks, and accessing networks without human oversight. This paradigm shift makes human-centric identity models obsolete and demands dynamic, cryptographic, and automated lifecycle management for non-human identities (NHIs).

This episode covers:

• Why identity is the new perimeter—and why it starts with machines.
• The vulnerabilities in today's identity and access management (IAM) frameworks, particularly in API-heavy, cloud-native environments where machines drive over 90% of all traffic.
• How Corsha’s mIDP delivers MFA for machines, manages millions of machine credentials, and secures connections across legacy industrial systems and modern cloud deployments.
• The significance of Corsha’s integration with traditional IdPs like EntraID and AWS IAM, bringing adaptive identity management to autonomous, interconnected ecosystems.
• The growing strategic alignment between national security imperatives and machine identity solutions. With Zero Trust becoming a mandate across U.S. federal agencies, Corsha’s capabilities directly support mission-critical autonomy, AI governance, and cyber-physical resilience.
• The role of Booz Allen Ventures in not just funding Corsha but helping scale its solutions for government and industrial sectors. The firm sees Corsha as “foundational infrastructure for next-generation mission systems.”
• How this investment follows Corsha’s Series A and A-1 rounds, and enables the expansion of Corsha Labs, advancing agentless behavioral identity and AI-enhanced IAM for autonomous systems.

We conclude with a forward-looking view: as critical infrastructure, defense systems, and industrial operations become more automated, machine identity will become as central as human authentication is today. With Agentic AI accelerating the pace of change, Corsha—and investments like Booz Allen’s—are laying the groundwork for a secure, autonomous future.