Use cases
Where workload identity breaks without Aembit
Every time a service authenticates to another service with a stored credential, that credential is an expiring liability. These are the four patterns where it breaks worst.
AI Agents
LLM agents calling external APIs with a shared key in .env — no session-level audit trail, full exposure on key leak.
Each invocation gets a 15-min token scoped to the agent's runtime identity.
AI agent identity
Service-to-Service
Microservices authenticating with stored API keys — rotation breaks prod, so rotation never happens.
mTLS between services plus per-call audit log. No stored credentials anywhere in the path.
Service mesh auth
CI/CD Pipelines
AWS access keys in GitHub Secrets, rotated quarterly or never. One compromised repo, total exposure.
Per-run tokens tied to the specific workflow, scoped to the target environment. Zero long-lived keys.
CI/CD identity
Cloud Functions
Lambda execution roles over-provisioned to avoid rotation friction. Function exits, credentials stay valid.
Time-bounded access scoped to the invocation. Token expires when the function exits.
Serverless identity