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# Accounts using Basic Authentication

# Accounts using Basic Authentication {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Australia  
Updated March 12, 2026  
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Display the findings about the accounts that are using only basic authentication to authenticate the APIs under the Security findings in the Machine Identity Console.

Accounts using basic authentication displays the non human identity accounts that using basic authentication for the APIs to login to ServiceNow.  
Note:  
The accounts displayed on the page are the accounts that are using username and password for authentication in the last 30 days.

An account is listed when it authenticates API requests with a username and password. To reduce the risk from Basic Authentication, use a supported authentication method such as OAuth 2.0 or mutual TLS (mTLS).

You can select the machine identity name to know more about the account and the recommendation to maintain a good security posture for the account.