Accounts using Basic Authentication

  • Release version: Zurich
  • Updated July 31, 2025
  • 1 minute to read
  • 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.
    Accounts using basic authentication

    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.

    Recommendation for the accounts using basic authentication