AuthZed provides a managed permissions system built on SpiceDB, an open-source implementation inspired by Google's Zanzibar, enabling organizations to define and manage fine-grained access controls at scale. This technology addresses the challenges of maintaining consistent and secure authorization across complex applications, ensuring efficient permission checks and minimizing latency.
Funding
$16M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Problem
Modern applications require fine-grained access controls, but implementing and managing these permissions at scale can be complex and resource-intensive. Existing solutions often lack the scalability, consistency, and performance needed to handle the demands of distributed systems. This can lead to security vulnerabilities, compliance issues, and increased operational overhead.
Solution
AuthZed provides a managed permissions system built on SpiceDB, an open-source implementation of Google's Zanzibar authorization system. This system enables organizations to define and manage fine-grained access controls across complex applications, ensuring consistent and secure authorization at scale. AuthZed's solution minimizes latency and maximizes correctness through tunable consistency features, balancing performance and accuracy based on specific use cases. By centralizing permission management and offering enterprise-ready products, AuthZed simplifies authorization and reduces the burden on development and operations teams.
Target Audience
AuthZed targets organizations that require scalable and secure authorization systems, including those in the AI, finance, and healthcare industries, as well as platform engineering teams seeking to simplify permission management.
Features
- Fine-grained access control for any object within an application or across a product suite
- Centralized schema for managing permissions
- Tunable consistency features to balance performance and correctness
- Attribute-based access control (ABAC) using SpiceDB Caveats
- Ability to retrieve lists of authorized subjects and accessible resources
- Observability tooling and Kubernetes Operator for streamlined operations
- Support for multiple availability zones and regions for fault tolerance
- Security and compliance features, including access tokens and audit logs
- Private networking options to restrict access to trusted networks