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Mapping business requirements to authorization policy for aviation
A practical guide to authorization in aviation. Learn how to implement RBAC and ABAC to secure flight, maintenance, and ticketing systems with contextual policies, audits, and real-time enforcement.
A shared authorization layer that adapts to context
A shared, context-aware authorization layer prevents policy sprawl, ensures consistent decisions across services, and improves auditability. Learn how externalized, runtime authorization with Cerbos centralizes policy while keeping enforcement local, fast, and reliable.
What is authorization as a service?
'Authorization as a serviceā refers to using a third-party service to take care of an applicationās authorization. Read the full definition and learn more here.
Cerbos Hub is now available on-premise
Cerbos Hub is now available self hosted and on premise, enabling centralized, auditable authorization for regulated, air-gapped, and private environments without relying on cloud-based control planes.
Authorization as a continuously governed control
Runtime authorization requires continuous governance without adding latency or risk. Learn how centralized policy, consistent decision logic, and auditable evidence enable scalable, low-latency authorization across humans, services, and AI agents - without becoming a bottleneck.
When authorization is static, risk accumulates silently
Authorization failures happen at decision time. Learn why static access models break in production, create audit blind spots, and let risk accumulate, plus what CISOs need to make authorization observable, explainable, and enforceable at runtime.
MCP and Zero Trust: Securing AI agents with identity and policy
MCP and Zero Trust explained: how to secure AI agents with identity, policy, and fine-grained authorization. Learn why MCP changes the security model and how Zero Trust principles apply to agent access, tools, and data.
10 critical challenges CISOs face in 2026 and how to solve them
Discover the top 10 challenges CISOs face in 2026, from compliance pressures and Zero Trust complexity to AI-driven threats and talent shortages, with actionable strategies to strengthen security, resilience, and business alignment.
Cerbos PDP and Cerbos Hub: Choosing the right setup for your team
Compare Cerbos PDP and Cerbos Hub to choose the right authorization setup. Learn when open source is enough and when managed policy authoring, testing, deployment, and audit tooling reduce engineering effort at scale.
Gartner IAM Summit 2025: Authorization maturity, AuthZEN momentum, and why identity security is expanding to every workload
Gartner IAM Summit 2025 insights on authorization maturity, Workload IAM, and AuthZEN. Learn why policy based, externalized authorization is becoming core identity infrastructure for modern workloads and AI agents.
Secure RAG: Implement LLM Access Control with Cerbos
Learn how to implement access control for RAG and LLMs. Maintain data security and compliance with fine-grained authorization for your RAG and LLMs. Enforce your organizationās permissions within your AI system.
Key compliance regulations for non-human identities
A clear guide to key compliance regulations for non-human identities across PCI DSS, DORA, NIS2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, and SOC 2. Plus what auditors expect and how to prepare.
How to implement scalable multitenant authorization
Implement multitenant authorization without role explosion. Learn how tenant-aware roles, ABAC, and externalized policy engines provide secure, flexible, and maintainable access control for multitenant applications.
Cerbos vs. OPA
Understand the differences between Cerbos and OPA across policy language, developer experience, architecture, performance, and policy management. We will also show the strengths and limitations of each solution and discuss practical trade-offs.
Key takeaways from Workload Identity Day 0 at KubeCon
Workload Identity Day 0 revealed SPIFFEās dominance and exposed rising risks in non-human and AI-driven identities. Learn why modern workloads demand strong identity, fine-grained authorization, and platform-level security to stay compliant and resilient as AI agents scale.
What is Cerbos?
What Cerbos is, and why it should be the go to for authorization.
Mongoose adapter for Cerbos Query Plans v2.0
Speed up authorization in MongoDB with Cerbos Query Plans and the enhanced Mongoose adapter. Enforce policy logic in-database and return only allowed records.
Staying compliant - What you need to know
Staying on top of compliance has become essential for businesses today. In this article we examine the key elements of compliance that should be prioritized, from data quality and change management to audit logs and access control. We also explore how picking the right authorization system can strengthen your compliance efforts.