Python Authorization Anti-Patterns and How to Avoid Them

• cedar-agent

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  Cedar-agent is the easiest way to deploy and run Cedar

  

This is_authorize function is calling the Cedar-agent, an engine that can evaluate the policy and return the decision. The function is generic and can be used with any policy model.

• OPAL

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  Policy and data administration, distribution, and real-time updates on top of Policy Agents (OPA, Cedar, ...) (by permitio)

  

Building permissions and authorization can be a complex endeavor, but adhering to the best practices outlined in this article can lead to more robust and maintainable applications. It's vital to avoid the mentioned anti-patterns, adopt a declarative approach, and ensure that your authorization system is agnostic, generic, decoupled, unified, and easily auditable. By centralizing your authorization policies and leveraging open-source tools or cloud services like OPAL and Permit.io, you can streamline the implementation and management of your authorization system.

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