Policy-Based Guardrails for AI Agents | Cerbos
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AI agent security
AI authorization
Policy-based guardrails forAI agents
Secure agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, and MCP servers with policy-driven access control and full decision logging.
Security
Engineering
Compliance
Reduce hidden AI access risks
Remove fragmented, in-code authorization that creates blind spots and over-privileged AI.
Control authorization logic
Define, approve, and update policies in one place for agents, users, and services.
See and stop AI access instantly
Use an AI agent kill switch to revoke access in real time. See exactly what each agent is allowed to access.
Build your AI security strategy
Control access for every identity, at any scale
Consistent access control everywhere
Enforce fine-grained, contextual authorization across apps, APIs, services, and AI systems from a centralized control layer.
Powerful policy lifecycle management
Zero Trust security at runtime
Compliance ready visibility
Launch production-ready AI systems with Cerbos
Identity systems establish who someone is. Cerbos controls what they are allowed to do, at the moment decisions are enforced.
1
Every action is checked
When a user clicks a button, a service calls an API, or an AI agent uses a tool, the request is sent to Cerbos.
2
The request is evaluated
Cerbos reviews who is making the request, what they want to do, what they want to access, and the surrounding context.
3
The decision is enforced
Cerbos returns ALLOW or DENY. The application follows that decision before the action runs.
Access control for AI agents and every other use case
Cerbos is an authorization management platform that scales with your business.
AI systems authorization
AI systems authorization
\ \ AI agent guardrails](/content/features-benefits-and-use-cases/agentic-authorization/index.html) \ \ MCP server security](/content/features-benefits-and-use-cases/dynamic-authorization-for-MCP-servers/index.html) \ \ RAG authorization](/content/features-benefits-and-use-cases/access-control-for-rag/index.html) \ \ AI gateway governance](/content/features-benefits-and-use-cases/ai-gateway-authorization/index.html)
Enterprise software authorization
Enterprise software authorization
\ \ Application permissions](/content/features-benefits-and-use-cases/application-permissions/index.html) \ \ Multi-tenant SaaS access control](/content/features-benefits-and-use-cases/per-tenant-custom-policies/index.html) \ \ Programmatic permission management](/content/features-benefits-and-use-cases/dynamic-policies/index.html) \ \ Legacy application authorization](/content/features-benefits-and-use-cases/legacy-app-authorization/index.html)
Authorization software that scales withyour business
ABAC
RBAC
ReBAC
PBAC
Runtime
Event-time
Admin-time
Audit-time
Cloud
Self-hosted
On-premise
Air-gapped
Non-human identities
Human identities
Workloads
Weak authorization is how breaches start. AI scales the mistake.
Over-permissioned access
AI agents and services can do more than they should. One mistake can expose sensitive data or trigger unauthorized actions.
Gaps between systems
When access rules live in different services, decisions become inconsistent. Attackers exploit those gaps.
Access that never expires
Long-lived tokens and shared credentials stay valid long after they are needed, increasing the chance of compromise.
No way to stop it instantly
If an agent goes beyond its scope, access continues until someone rotates credentials or restarts systems.
Become compliance-ready with every access decision, AI or human
SOC 2
SOC 3
HIPAA
ISO 27001
GDPR
FedRAMP
PCI DSS
NIS2
DORA
SOC 2
SOC 3
HIPAA
ISO 27001
GDPR
FedRAMP
PCI DSS
NIS2
DORA
Capture every decision for all identities
Log requests, actions, resources, access outcomes, and service-to-service authorization calls for both humans and machines.
Trace policy lineage
See the exact policy, version, and release behind each decision for complete traceability.
Monitor with context
Review detailed logs, policy versions, and real-time metrics across all PDPs and environments.
Simplify audits and compliance
Maintain centralized, structured logs on-premise to support audits and demonstrate readiness for FedRAMP, SOC 2&3, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and GDPR.
Plug into your existing stack
Go live with authorization in one sprint
\ Try Cerbos playground](https://play.cerbos.dev/)
MCPs
Integrate Cerbos authorization with Fasten MCP and Anthropic MCP to control agent workflows at the orchestration layer.
Vector stores
Enforce policy-based access for embeddings and retrievals across FAISS, Pinecone, Weaviate, Chroma, and Qdrant.
AI infrastructure
Deploy Cerbos policies alongside your AI model APIs. Works with OpenAI, Anthropic, Groq, and other inference providers.
SDKs
Use Cerbos SDKs for languages like JS, Python, Go, Rust, Java, and .NET to authorize requests from your application code.
Implementing Zero Trust with Cerbos
Why engineering teams love Cerbos
"When I did an audit, I found that the cost of managing authorization and authentication in-house over the entire lifespan of the company was in the 7 figures. Cerbos saved that. Deploying Cerbos has allowed our engineers to spend their time on what really matters for our success."
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
"Having to modify authorization is a five-minute job now. Having to troubleshoot authorization is a five-minute job. So that has actually allowed the team to spend more time where it really matters on the platform."
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
"We rely on Cerbos to make authorization decisions across the whole mesh - millions of times a day. And it’s fast. We don’t even think about it anymore. It just works."
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
"We went from one user - every role, to a world where there are many users - many roles. And the product, it relies on Cerbos to actually bring the value that we want to bring to customers. All of our customers are relying on Cerbos, by relying on the product, which is of course relying on Cerbos."
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
"One of our big considerations was speed. We have strict latency tolerances. When it comes to Cerbos - you can call it a hundred times during a request and it doesn't matter. It's incredibly fast."
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
"The main reason we switched to Cerbos was to have a sophisticated authorization software to help organize and handle our authorization. We wanted to focus on domain related features and spend less time backtracking and fixing issues with our authorization."
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
"Cerbos enables us to go to market very quickly, compared to an in-house solution. It allows us to offer new products faster, because creating or editing policies is so easy."
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
"We got the foundation set. Now we can scale and include more complex policies. And we can grow in the right direction and with the right security thanks to Cerbos authorization management."
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
"Having the separation of the permissions from the code base just makes the code base more elegant. It makes the permissioning more elegant. It means they're centralized, so they're not tied to specific endpoints. And ultimately it means that different business owners have the ability to actually make updates."
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
"We're not worried about scaling because we can easily increase our load on Cerbos. It will also be easy for us to change how we're distributing policies as we reach different points of scale."
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
"Offering dynamic roles and permissions makes us more competitive in the market. We’re providing companies with a software that can be adapted to their workflows."
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
"We can create unlimited conditions, attributes, and parameters at any level of granularity without writing any code. It allows us to deliver truly personalized services quickly, securely, and at scale."
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Chuck Hardy
Head of Engineering @Salesroom
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Rob Crowe
Principal Engineer @Utility Warehouse
Joe Lines
CEO & Co-Founder @Nook
Steve High
Staff Engineer @Complex
Lead Software Developer at @BarrierSystems
Engin Attar
Head of Product and Growth, Co-Founder @Debite
Edgar Rivera
CTO @4gcapital
Henry Arnold
CTO & Co-Founder @Nook
David Workman
Senior Software Engineer @ Salesroom
Ibrahim Bou Ncoula
CTO @Supy
Karen Kim
CEO @Human Managed
Recognized by the community
Award-winning technology, built for security and scale
With a strong open source foundation, active AuthZen membership, and multiple industry awards, Cerbos has been recognized as a secure and reliable authorization software since 2021.
Hackernoon Startup Awards 2025
Startups 100 Index 2025
API World 2025 Awards
Intellyx Digital Innovator 2023
Integrations with the industry leading technologies
Purpose-built authorization, not a generic policy engine
Generic policy engines |
Cerbos Hub |
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|---|---|---|
| Policy language | Policy language General-purpose policy languages designed for broader use cases. |
Policy language YAML policies purpose-built for authorization, readable by security teams. |
| Authorization model | Authorization model Authorization patterns must be assembled from generic primitives. |
Authorization model First-class RBAC, ABAC, and PBAC with principal/resource/action semantics. |
| Evaluation latency | Evaluation latency Varies by policy complexity and engine architecture. |
Evaluation latency Sub-millisecond, optimized for per-request evaluation at machine speed. |
| Policy lifecycle | Policy lifecycle Custom sync, manual distribution, separate CI/CD tooling. |
Policy lifecycle Cerbos Hub: managed policy lifecycle with CI/CD, testing, and real-time distribution. |
| Audit and compliance | Audit and compliance Decision logs require additional infrastructure to capture and correlate. |
Audit and compliance Structured decision logs with policy version lineage, built in. |
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