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The most important design decision for an authorization system is how to bring data to the engine. Read all about the tradeoffs.

OpenID AuthZEN defines an Authorization API that allows policy enforcement points to evaluate a decision in a standard way. Topaz now has native support for AuthZEN.

What are the tradeoffs between running a central authorization service versus distributed authorizers?

Why centralize authorization, what are the impediments, and how do you overcome them?

As we ring in the new year, here’s a retrospective on authorization in 2024.

Gartner IAM Summit is one of the top events in the identity universe, and Authorization is becoming a key pillar. Here’s our trip report.