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title: "Stateless authorization"
description: "Empower your applications with Cerbos' stateless authorization, ensuring real-time access decisions without the overhead of managing application states."
canonical: "https://www.cerbos.dev/features-benefits-and-use-cases/stateless-authorization"
source: "https://www.cerbos.dev/features-benefits-and-use-cases/stateless-authorization"
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# Stateless authorization

Empower your applications with Cerbos' stateless authorization, ensuring real-time access decisions without the overhead of managing application states.

## Understanding stateless authorization

Stateless authorization means that every access decision is made based on the current request and the latest policy, without relying on any stored session or state information. This ensures that decisions are always based on the most up-to-date data, eliminating synchronization issues and slow network fan-outs.

### Fast, reliable and scalable
- **Real-time decisions:** Always make access decisions based on the latest data, ensuring accurate and timely authorization.
- **Scalability:** Without the need to manage authorization state, scale your authorization services seamlessly as your user base grows.
- **Efficiency:** Stateless design means faster response times, enhancing user experience as there is no data fetching required to make a decision - everything is in-memory.

## Master stateless authorization with Cerbos

- [Integration tips](https://www.cerbos.dev/features-benefits-and-use-cases/ecosystem) — Seamlessly integrate stateless authorization into your applications
- [How Cerbos works](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bF4JjUMJkY) — Find out more in the following video
- [Scalability](https://www.cerbos.dev/features-benefits-and-use-cases/scalability) — Benefits of having an authorization layer which can scale up in both volume and complexity
- [The Stack Overflow podcast](https://www.cerbos.dev/blog/the-stack-overflow-podcast-going-stateless-with-authorization-as-a-service) — Going stateless with authorization-as-a-service
- [The importance of stateless architecture in authorization systems](https://www.cerbos.dev/blog/the-importance-of-stateless-architecture-in-authorization-systems) — What stateless is, how it's implemented, and why it's so beneficial to real-world systems such as authorization services
- [The future is stateless](https://www.cerbos.dev/blog/the-future-is-stateless-its-time-to-ensure-your-security-is-as-scalable-as-your-business) — It’s time to ensure your security is as scalable as your business
- [Authorization as a service](https://www.cerbos.dev/blog/authorization-as-a-service) — Find out what benefits authorization as a service provides
- [Where to implement authorization in your architecture](https://youtu.be/03XgWf_7dzI) — Find out more in the following video
- [Community insights](https://community.cerbos.dev/?_gl=1*5ozo82*_ga*MTk1NjcwNzQ1MC4xNjY2Mjc5NjI2*_ga_8G3G3MS838*MTY5NDE5MTE5Ny41MjcuMS4xNjk0MTkyNzgyLjIwLjAuMA) — Engage with experts and peers to explore the full potential of stateless authorization