Listen "Decoupling Authorization: Cerbos with Emre Baran"
Episode Synopsis
Emre Baran (@emre) is the CEO and co-founder of Cerbos, the open-source authorization layer for implementing roles and permissions. Cerbos allows developers to decouple authorization logic from core code into its own centrally distributed component. Easier said than done, perhaps - but Cerbos is secure, intentionally simple to implement, and developer-focused.
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In this episode we discuss:
The difference between authentication and authorization
Why Cerbos is language-agnostic
Authorization patterns in a single application versus a larger network
The reason most devs start out trying to do authorization themselves, and sometimes give up
How the upcoming Cerbos Cloud will empower less technical users to deploy and manage policies and logs
Links:
Cerbos
Cerbos Cloud Beta
Zanzibar: Google’s Consistent, Global Authorization System
People mentioned:
Charith Ellawala (Github: @charithe)
Other episodes:
Open Policy Agent with Torin Sandall
Subscribe to Contributor on Substack for email notifications, and join our Slack community!
In this episode we discuss:
The difference between authentication and authorization
Why Cerbos is language-agnostic
Authorization patterns in a single application versus a larger network
The reason most devs start out trying to do authorization themselves, and sometimes give up
How the upcoming Cerbos Cloud will empower less technical users to deploy and manage policies and logs
Links:
Cerbos
Cerbos Cloud Beta
Zanzibar: Google’s Consistent, Global Authorization System
People mentioned:
Charith Ellawala (Github: @charithe)
Other episodes:
Open Policy Agent with Torin Sandall
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