Cerbos
cerbos.devEnd-to-end access control for Zero Trust environments and AI systems.
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About
Cerbos is an enterprise authorization platform that enforces fine-grained, policy-based access control for applications, AI agents, and services. It provides a full policy lifecycle including authoring, testing, versioning, distribution, and audit logging across all identity types. The platform integrates with existing identity providers and infrastructure, offering sub-millisecond decision times via an open-source policy decision point.
Problem
After authentication, organizations lack a scalable, auditable way to enforce who can do what—especially as AI agents blur identity lines and over-permissioned access creates risk.
For
Enterprise engineering teams and security leaders building applications, AI systems, or workflows that require fine-grained access control
How it works
Cerbos evaluates authorization requests against YAML-based policies at runtime via a stateless, open-source Policy Decision Point (PDP), enriched by identity and resource data, with decisions logged for full auditability.
Business model
freemium
Status
launched
Company
Cerbos
Launched
2021
Founders
- Alex Olivier