The evolution of enterprise access control has progressed from Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) and Relationship-Based Access Control (ReBAC). Yet, as enterprises shift toward decentralized, API-driven architectures with an increasing reliance on non-human identities—such as workloads, IoT devices, and federated services—traditional models struggle to deliver the necessary context and flexibility for true end-to-end Zero Trust security.
Token-Based Access Control (TBAC) introduces a new paradigm, leveraging JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) to encapsulate up-to-date authorization context from disparate authoritative sources. While other token formats—such as Kerberos, X.509 certificates, and SAML assertions—are viable, JWTs offer an unmatched combination of compactness, security, and cross-domain interoperability.
In this session, we will explore how TBAC:
- Bridges the gap between traditional enterprise workforce access control and modern, decentralized architectures, seamlessly incorporating non-human identities and dynamic contextual attributes.
- Enables scalable, stateless enforcement, reducing reliance on centralized policy engines and improving authorization performance across distributed systems.
- Enhances developer experience, abstracting the complexity of JWT formats, validation requirements, and revocation strategies to ease adoption.
- Is already proving its value, as multiple ecosystems have independently converged on TBAC principles to address contemporary access control challenges.
Join us to explore why TBAC represents the next evolution of access control and how it is reshaping the future of secure, dynamic authorization.
