The latest articles on DEV Community by Dinesh Karthick (@dinesh_karthick_b). https://dev.to/dinesh_karthick_b https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4214044%2Fc7fc45b5-408c-47cc-9076-84a2049d1c0b.png https://dev.to/dinesh_karthick_b en Dinesh Karthick Sat, 31 Oct 2026 13:54:06 +0000 https://dev.to/dinesh_karthick_b/introducing-nhi-blast-v020-beta-1llk https://dev.to/dinesh_karthick_b/introducing-nhi-blast-v020-beta-1llk <p>I've been working on <strong>NHI-Blast</strong>, an open-source security analysis tool focused on Non-Human Identity (NHI) risks.</p> <p>The idea is to help identify credentials and identity-related security risks across:</p> <ul> <li>GitHub Actions workflows</li> <li>Terraform configurations</li> <li>AWS IAM policies</li> </ul> <p>It introduces an R/E/Z classification model to analyze credential lifecycle and exposure risks.</p> <p>Some of its capabilities:</p> <ul> <li>Access graph generation</li> <li>Security findings and risk analysis</li> <li>Credential rotation priorities</li> <li>Offline HTML reports</li> </ul> <p>This is an independently developed project, and it's currently in <strong>Beta (v0.2.0)</strong>.</p> <p>I'd appreciate feedback from developers and security practitioners, especially on the detection logic, usability and areas worth improving.</p> <p>🔗 <strong>GitHub:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/DKtech-dev/nhi-blast" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/DKtech-dev/nhi-blast</a></p> <p>Built to learn, improve and contribute to the security community.</p> <h1> Cybersecurity #CloudSecurity #DevSecOps #OpenSource #AWS #GitHub </h1> cybersecurity devops opensource security