# **Hello from Cerbos!** **Our August newsletter includes:** - **Upgrades to Cerbos** - An improved "[Getting Started](https://docs.cerbos.dev/cerbos/latest/quickstart.html?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZMnIGqAftTI4pdxM7x-ui65_VtZO1YYkVxSxk9V6Ot5OLx2Un97S-ObUqjP6BowZFY5IT)" documentation - [**NestJS integration**](/content/ecosystem/nestjs?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZMnIGqAftTI4pdxM7x-ui65_VtZO1YYkVxSxk9V6Ot5OLx2Un97S-ObUqjP6BowZFY5IT/index.html) - **A new** [ecosystem](/content/ecosystem?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZMnIGqAftTI4pdxM7x-ui65_VtZO1YYkVxSxk9V6Ot5OLx2Un97S-ObUqjP6BowZFY5IT/index.html) **gallery** - **New blog posts on Cerbos.dev:** - **[Cerbos’ secret ingredients: Protobus and gRPC](https://thenewstack.io/cerboss-secret-ingredients-protobufs-and-grpc/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZMnIGqAftTI4pdxM7x-ui65_VtZO1YYkVxSxk9V6Ot5OLx2Un97S-ObUqjP6BowZFY5IT)** - **[Bring your own identity: What does it mean for authorization?](https://thenewstack.io/bring-your-own-identity-what-does-it-mean-for-authorization/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZMnIGqAftTI4pdxM7x-ui65_VtZO1YYkVxSxk9V6Ot5OLx2Un97S-ObUqjP6BowZFY5IT)** - **Industry news:** - **[CAEP: An emerging standard for Continuous Authentication and Access](https://cpl.thalesgroup.com/blog/access-management/continuous-access-evaluation-protocol-emerging-standard?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZMnIGqAftTI4pdxM7x-ui65_VtZO1YYkVxSxk9V6Ot5OLx2Un97S-ObUqjP6BowZFY5IT)** - **Developer Relations Opportunity** - **and finally a chance to get Cerbos swag** ## Upgrades to Cerbos ## An improved "Getting Started" documentation [Getting started](https://docs.cerbos.dev/cerbos/latest/quickstart.html?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZMnIGqAftTI4pdxM7x-ui65_VtZO1YYkVxSxk9V6Ot5OLx2Un97S-ObUqjP6BowZFY5IT) with Cerbos has never been easier - now with more language specific examples in the documentation, you can be up and running in minutes. We also [moved the tutorial](https://docs.cerbos.dev/cerbos/latest/tutorial/00_intro.html?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZMnIGqAftTI4pdxM7x-ui65_VtZO1YYkVxSxk9V6Ot5OLx2Un97S-ObUqjP6BowZFY5IT) natively into the documentation. The tutorial provides a more guided experience of how Cerbos works and a walk-through of setting it up in an example application. ## NestJS Integration Integrating powerful authorization into your NestJS application is now easier. Our [new tutorial for integrating Cerbos with NestJS](/content/blog/supercharged-authorization-for-nestjs?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZMnIGqAftTI4pdxM7x-ui65_VtZO1YYkVxSxk9V6Ot5OLx2Un97S-ObUqjP6BowZFY5IT/index.html) outlines how to set up your environment, defining policies, and adding guards which protect your services with fine-grained permissions. ## New Ecosystem Gallery The [ecosystem](/content/ecosystem?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZMnIGqAftTI4pdxM7x-ui65_VtZO1YYkVxSxk9V6Ot5OLx2Un97S-ObUqjP6BowZFY5IT/index.html) section of our website has been enhanced with an expanded index of the different services, frameworks, and languages you can integrate Cerbos with. Getting started with implementing powerful authorization is now much easier with new tutorials available on integrating Cerbos with FastAPI, NestJS, Gorillas and AWS Cognito. More to follow soon. ## Blog highlights ## Cerbos' secret ingredients: protobufs and gRPC When designing [Cerbos](/content/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZMnIGqAftTI4pdxM7x-ui65_VtZO1YYkVxSxk9V6Ot5OLx2Un97S-ObUqjP6BowZFY5IT/index.html), we made an early decision to have structured, type-safe and serializable data. We knew we wanted to be able to expose a predictable interface to the application with predictable data types that could be used by other services in a myriad of languages. We chose [Protocol Buffers](https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZMnIGqAftTI4pdxM7x-ui65_VtZO1YYkVxSxk9V6Ot5OLx2Un97S-ObUqjP6BowZFY5IT) (protobuf), along with [gRPC](https://grpc.io/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZMnIGqAftTI4pdxM7x-ui65_VtZO1YYkVxSxk9V6Ot5OLx2Un97S-ObUqjP6BowZFY5IT), to define all the core features — including the policies, API, data storage, data interchange and even the test cases. Our CTO, [Charith has written for The New Stack](https://thenewstack.io/cerboss-secret-ingredients-protobufs-and-grpc/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZMnIGqAftTI4pdxM7x-ui65_VtZO1YYkVxSxk9V6Ot5OLx2Un97S-ObUqjP6BowZFY5IT) how this powerful technology stack has enabled us to iterate and scale at pace. ## Bring Your Own Identity: What Does It Mean for Authorization? [Authentication and authorization](https://thenewstack.io/how-do-authentication-and-authorization-differ/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZMnIGqAftTI4pdxM7x-ui65_VtZO1YYkVxSxk9V6Ot5OLx2Un97S-ObUqjP6BowZFY5IT) often go hand in hand, but increasingly, that’s not the case in modern software architectures. The recent trend of separating these two components — dubbed Bring Your Own Identity (BYOI) by Gartner — is gaining traction and comes with a number of benefits. [In this article](https://thenewstack.io/bring-your-own-identity-what-does-it-mean-for-authorization/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZMnIGqAftTI4pdxM7x-ui65_VtZO1YYkVxSxk9V6Ot5OLx2Un97S-ObUqjP6BowZFY5IT), you’ll learn more about the opportunities that are created when authentication is handled for you and how to take advantage of them. ## Industry news Digital identity hype cycle by Gartner This week, [Gartner](http://www.gartner.com/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZMnIGqAftTI4pdxM7x-ui65_VtZO1YYkVxSxk9V6Ot5OLx2Un97S-ObUqjP6BowZFY5IT) introduced a new hype cycle - the [Digital Identity Hype Cycle 2022](https://www.gartner.com/interactive/hc/4016895?ref=explorehc&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZMnIGqAftTI4pdxM7x-ui65_VtZO1YYkVxSxk9V6Ot5OLx2Un97S-ObUqjP6BowZFY5IT) (link requires subscription). The introduction of the hype cycle underlines the growing importance of digital identities in society. It focuses on "technologies that enable secure and trusted digital interactions among people, machines and assets, based on a digital representation of people’s and machines’ physical (real-world) and virtual (electronic) identities." Security Boulevard have [published](https://securityboulevard.com/2022/08/six-takeaways-from-gartner-hype-cycle-for-digital-identity-2022/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZMnIGqAftTI4pdxM7x-ui65_VtZO1YYkVxSxk9V6Ot5OLx2Un97S-ObUqjP6BowZFY5IT) six takeaways to consider when looking at your identity landscape. # [**Developer Relations Opportunity**](/content/join-us?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZMnIGqAftTI4pdxM7x-ui65_VtZO1YYkVxSxk9V6Ot5OLx2Un97S-ObUqjP6BowZFY5IT/index.html) Our product adoption is growing very fast. We are looking for a [developer relations manager](/content/join-us?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZMnIGqAftTI4pdxM7x-ui65_VtZO1YYkVxSxk9V6Ot5OLx2Un97S-ObUqjP6BowZFY5IT/index.html) to lead Cerbos’ developer evangelism and advocacy. We’d love this person to engage with developers to discover and remedy pain points, produce accessible technical content and help build an inclusive community of Cerbos users. If you know amazing DevRel professionals who we should be talking to, please ask them to consider Cerbos. # **Do you want a Cerbos t-shirt?** We want to give you a t-shirt! We also want to talk to you about Cerbos and get your feedback, both what you like and dislike, what are your primary use cases, if you are missing any particular functionality or have suggestions on how you would like us to improve the product. Please, [contact us via our feedback page](/content/feedback?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZMnIGqAftTI4pdxM7x-ui65_VtZO1YYkVxSxk9V6Ot5OLx2Un97S-ObUqjP6BowZFY5IT/index.html) and we will reach out to you to book a session. # **Stay connected** - Join our [Slack Community](https://community.cerbos.dev/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZMnIGqAftTI4pdxM7x-ui65_VtZO1YYkVxSxk9V6Ot5OLx2Un97S-ObUqjP6BowZFY5IT) to keep up-to-date with latest developments - Let us help you build or review your first policy. [**Book a 30 minute free workshop**](/content/workshop?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZMnIGqAftTI4pdxM7x-ui65_VtZO1YYkVxSxk9V6Ot5OLx2Un97S-ObUqjP6BowZFY5IT/index.html) - Cerbos core is [open source](https://github.com/cerbos/cerbos?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZMnIGqAftTI4pdxM7x-ui65_VtZO1YYkVxSxk9V6Ot5OLx2Un97S-ObUqjP6BowZFY5IT), feel free to browse or contribute - Get started with Cerbos using [our tutorial](https://docs.cerbos.dev/cerbos/latest/tutorial/00_intro.html?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZMnIGqAftTI4pdxM7x-ui65_VtZO1YYkVxSxk9V6Ot5OLx2Un97S-ObUqjP6BowZFY5IT) - Browse our [developer documentation](https://docs.cerbos.dev/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZMnIGqAftTI4pdxM7x-ui65_VtZO1YYkVxSxk9V6Ot5OLx2Un97S-ObUqjP6BowZFY5IT) - Experience Cerbos and policy writing via an in-browser [playground](/content/playground?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZMnIGqAftTI4pdxM7x-ui65_VtZO1YYkVxSxk9V6Ot5OLx2Un97S-ObUqjP6BowZFY5IT/index.html)