Identity systems answer 'who are you?' well. They struggle with 'and who are you acting for?'
New post on delegated access — why separating the actor from the account matters across healthcare, financial services, telco and more, and how Auth0 + Auth0 FGA address the two sides of the problem.
https://tobytes.com/articles/acting-on-behalf-of-separating-actor-from-account
Acting on behalf of: separating the actor from the account in modern identity
Identity systems are very good at answering one question: who are you? What they are less good at is the follow-up: and who are you acting for? In this post I will look at why separating the authenticated user from the account or person they are acting within is important, what it enables across a range of industries, and how Auth0 and Auth0 FGA address the two complementary sides of the problem.
Peter Gleick
