Cerbos is an open-source Policy Decision Point (PDP) that simplifies the implementation and management of user permissions and authorization in your applications. It allows developers to externalize authorization, ensuring fine-grained access control without compromising on speed or security.
- Fine-grained access control: Implement zero trust runtime access controls to protect your data and systems.
- Policy-based authorization: Adapt to evolving business needs and regulatory requirements with flexible policies.
- Centralized management: Govern and audit access control from a central Policy Administration Point.
- Decentralized decisioning: Deploy distributed Policy Decision Points (PDP) locally alongside applications.
- Pre-built integrations: Get up and running quickly with SDKs and starter projects for common frameworks.
- Permissions-aware data filtering: Generate dynamic conditions to query and filter based on access policies.
- Human-readable policies: Manage policies in configuration instead of code for easier iteration.
- Policy Playground: Experiment with policies in a safe environment and get real-time simulated results.
- Audit trails: Capture all actions and decisions made by your Cerbos policies, ensuring compliance with standards like ISO27001 and SOC2.
- Low-latency: Make decisions locally at runtime in sub-milliseconds without requiring cloud lookups.
- Flexible deployment models: Self-hosted, compatible with air-gapped environments, and deployable with serverless functions or a sidecar model.
Cerbos provides a robust and scalable solution for managing user permissions and authorization, making it an asset rather than a chore for your development team.
