Authorization

Deciding whether a given actor is allowed to take a given action. Distinct from authentication (proving who you are); authorization is what an agent may do.

Learn more: Agent Authorization.

Part of the Agent Control Fabric: Highflame's identity, policy, and enforcement substrate for AI agents.

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Blast radius
The set of systems and data a compromised agent or credential could reach. Identity-scoped access shrinks it; cascade revocation contains it.
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Breakout controls
Runtime controls that keep an agent aligned to its mission: containing, redirecting, or stopping it when it veers off course, before the action lands.
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Cascade revocation
Revoking a parent credential instantly invalidates everything it delegated, collapsing the affected delegation tree rather than waiting for tokens to expire.
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Cedar
An open, formally analyzable policy language. Highflame authors authorization policy in Cedar and enforces the same policy at every boundary an agent crosses.
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CIBA
Client-Initiated Backchannel Authentication: an out-of-band flow that pauses a sensitive agent action for explicit, attributable human approval.
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Code agent
Autonomous software that reads code, runs commands, calls tools, and changes systems on a developer's behalf. Securing one means controlling what it can access while it runs, and proving afterward what it did.
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