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Omri Gazitt

Co-founder / CEO at Aserto

Omri Gazitt is a seasoned technology executive with over 30 years of experience in building systems and infrastructure software for developers and operators.

He is the co-founder and CEO of Aserto, an authorization startup, and has held key leadership roles at industry giants like Puppet, HP, and Microsoft.

During his tenure at Microsoft, Omri played pivotal roles in the development of Azure AppFabric, Azure Access Control Service, SQL Server, Application Server, and was one of the co-founders of .NET.

As a prolific open-source contributor, Omri has actively contributed to projects like OpenStack, Cloud Foundry, and various CNCF projects. Aserto, under his leadership, maintains the Topaz and OPCR open source projects.

In addition to his technical contributions, Omri has been actively involved in standardization efforts, particularly in the authorization space, currently co-chairing the OpenID AuthZEN initiative.

Omri Gazitt holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Rice University.

Highlights

Jul 30 · linkedin

❓ Q: Where should you enforce your authorization policy? ❗ A: Everywhere you can!

There are four common scenarios and enforcement points for a defense-in-depth strategy: ⚡ during the authentication ceremony ⚡ in the resource server ⚡ at the API gateway ⚡ in service-to-service communication

Learn more in our newest blog post:

#authorization #openidconnect #OIDC #authzen #zerotrust

Jul 21 · linkedin

✨ API Authorization, the sequel: the platform strikes back! ✨

Following the launch of our API Authorization solution, team Aserto just did a complete write-up on how you import an OpenAPI spec into Aserto and enforce it from a Zuplo API gateway.

If you have lots of APIs and are looking for a consistent, scalable way to enforce a set of authorization rules and adhere to the principle of least privilege, this one's for you!

#API #authorization #ReBAC #Topaz

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Redmond, Washington, United States