Authorization in Software features chats with industry subject matter experts in Authorization. Some of the covered topics are: how authorization is implemented at specific companies (e.g.: Airbnb, Slack, Github), how industry standards relate to authorization, and the history of authorization in software.Damian Schenkelman hosts Authorization in Software. Damian is the creator of the OpenFGA project and a Principal Architect on the Auth0 Lab team, where he does research and development of forward looking products. Before Auth0, Damian spent many years working for and at Microsoft on Azure, and patterns & practices related initiatives. He loves spending his spare time with family, friends and catching up on all things NBA.
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episode 1: The Cedar Language and Policy Based Authorization with Emina Torlak
In this episode of Authorization in Software, host Damian Schenkelman talks to Emina Torlak, Senior Principal Applied Scientist at AWS, about the intricacies of software authorization, policies, and the Cedar policy language. Torlak delves into the philosophy behind Cedar, an open-source language for writing and enforcing custom authorization policies. They discuss the need for policy-based access control, how it separates application code from authorization logic, and the importance of user interface in managing authorization.