Cloud Native Authorization with Omri Gazitt

The Business of Open Source

Today I’m joined by Omri Gazitt, founder of Aserto, an authorization company that offers cloud native authorization as a service. We discuss the differences between ID authorization and authentication and the problems associated with educating developers on the distinctions. Omri also talks about the evolution of authorization from server software all the way to cloud native authorization. He then expounds on the strategic nature of the decision to open source or not, and offers advice to developers based on his experience as both an engineer and an executive.

Highlights:

• The beginnings of Aserto (7:50)
• Omri talks about what it was like to be part of a startup, Neon, in the 90s (10:49)
• Emily and Omri discuss what authorization was like pre-cloud native (13:32)
• How integration became the strategy used by Aserto to begin to solve authorization problems (17:10)
• The decision to open source and how organizations should be strategic when considering open source (18:55)
• Omri discusses his unique perspective as both a former tech engineer and executive in forming his start-up (25:08)
• Omri talks about a missed opportunity in the early stages of Aserto (28:56)

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