Rego vs Cedar
Developers should learn Rego when building or managing systems that require fine-grained policy enforcement, such as Kubernetes admission control, API authorization, or infrastructure-as-code validation meets developers should learn cedar when building or managing applications on aws that require robust, scalable authorization systems, such as multi-tenant saas platforms, enterprise applications, or cloud services with complex access rules. Here's our take.
Rego
Developers should learn Rego when building or managing systems that require fine-grained policy enforcement, such as Kubernetes admission control, API authorization, or infrastructure-as-code validation
Rego
Nice PickDevelopers should learn Rego when building or managing systems that require fine-grained policy enforcement, such as Kubernetes admission control, API authorization, or infrastructure-as-code validation
Pros
- +It is particularly useful in microservices and cloud-native architectures where centralized policy management is needed to ensure security and compliance across distributed services
- +Related to: open-policy-agent, kubernetes
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
Cedar
Developers should learn Cedar when building or managing applications on AWS that require robust, scalable authorization systems, such as multi-tenant SaaS platforms, enterprise applications, or cloud services with complex access rules
Pros
- +It is particularly useful for scenarios where fine-grained permissions, auditability, and separation of policy from application logic are critical, as it reduces security risks and simplifies policy management
- +Related to: aws-verified-permissions, authorization
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
The Verdict
Use Rego if: You want it is particularly useful in microservices and cloud-native architectures where centralized policy management is needed to ensure security and compliance across distributed services and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.
Use Cedar if: You prioritize it is particularly useful for scenarios where fine-grained permissions, auditability, and separation of policy from application logic are critical, as it reduces security risks and simplifies policy management over what Rego offers.
Developers should learn Rego when building or managing systems that require fine-grained policy enforcement, such as Kubernetes admission control, API authorization, or infrastructure-as-code validation
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