Founded in 2022 in California, Defakto is a private company created by the architects behind the SPIFFE machine identity standards. Its Non-Human IAM Platform delivers highly dynamic, ephemeral credential management for NHIs, especially in containers and SaaS/hybrid environments, eliminating the need for long-lived credentials. Defakto offers comprehensive lifecycle and automation, API-driven workflows, and granular risk assessment, with a microservices and hybrid SaaS architecture.