Z Strike brings real-time, portable authorization that travels with your agents—across tools, runtimes, and boundaries.
Not in a distant server. Not behind a network hop. Right here, at the last mile — where every millisecond and every decision matters.
Authorization that runs where your code runs, with the context it needs.
Authorization at the edge. Zero network hops means decisions in under 1ms, even at scale.
Distributed sidecars keep working when the control plane disconnects. No outage, ever.
Decisions use real-time application state — user attributes, resource tags, environment.
Authorization logic buried across your codebase is impossible to audit, test, or govern. ZStrike consolidates everything into declarative Cedar policies.
if (user.role === 'admin' ||
user.teamId === doc.ownerId) {
return doc;
}const allowed = await db.query(
`SELECT * FROM permissions
WHERE user_id = ?`, [userId]
);const decoded = jwt.verify(token, SECRET);
if (decoded.permissions.includes('write')
&& decoded.scope === resource.scope) {
return true;
}if (!user.subscription ||
user.plan === 'free') {
throw new ForbiddenError();
}// Team ownership — replaces documents.js:47
permit(
principal,
action == Action::"view",
resource
) when {
principal.team == resource.owner
};
// Role-based access — replaces auth.js:123
permit(
principal in Group::"editors",
action,
resource
);
// Scoped write — replaces jwt.js:34
permit(
principal,
action == Action::"write",
resource
) when {
principal.scope == resource.scope
};
// Billing gate — replaces billing.js:89
forbid(
principal,
action,
resource
) when {
principal.plan == "free"
};When an AI agent calls a tool, accesses a database, or invokes an API, ZStrike evaluates permissions locally with full context — in real time.
Deploy as a sidecar next to every service. Language-agnostic, decoupled from app code, and resilient when the network fails.
Four components, one authorization layer.
Write declarative Cedar policies. RBAC, ABAC, ReBAC — all in one language.
Connect your identity providers, databases, and APIs. Entities sync to local stores.
Authorization engines run alongside your services. One SDK call for every decision.
Every decision logged with full context. Trace access paths, debug denials instantly.
Why modern architectures need authorization at the edge.
| Capability | ZStrike | Centralized Auth | DIY / Hardcoded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sub-10ms decision time | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| No single point of failure | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Works offline / disconnected | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| AI agent scoping | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Local context awareness | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Policy-as-Code | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Centralized governance | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
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