The Problem
Authorization Was Built for Simpler Times
It worked when users logged in and accessed monoliths. But today’s architectures involve APIs, microservices, event streams, and machine agents, and authorization hasn’t kept up.
Beyond The Tokens
Where Tokens Stop, Risk Begins
While tokens carry identity and scopes, they don’t guarantee how, or even if, those scopes are enforced. Scopes offer a simplified view of authorization, but rarely capture its full complexity.
Beyond The Tokens
What Traditional Authorization Gets Wrong
No standard for validation
No guarantee of consent or scope enforcement
No visibility or audit trail
Silent delegation risks
Tied to identity provider
Authorization Must Work for Machines, Agents, and APIs
Most systems were designed for human access. But in modern environments, services and agents make decisions, often on someone else's behalf.
Trust Must Be Defined, Verified, and Audited
Current systems assume workloads are safe, scopes are enforced, and actions are legitimate, without any proof. Permguard turns assumptions into verifiable enforcement.
The Trust Layer Between Identity and Action
Permguard is the missing layer that governs who can act, on whose behalf, and under what conditions, with full visibility and auditability.
Core Principles of Permguard
Policy Governance
Immutability, versioning, and externalized control
Workload Governance
Defines who can act, not just who you are
Zero Trust Security Model
Dual validation of both subject and workload
Act-On-Behalf-Of-First Model
On-behalf-of execution with verifiable consent
Authorization Is Evolving. Permguard Leads the Way.
From portable tokens to portable trust.
From implicit assumptions to policy-based control.
From local checks to global governance.
