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Authorization at runtime
Don't treat policy enforcement like a one-time decision.
Why it matters
Traditional access controls don't answer all the questions
Traditional access controls ask:
- Who is this identity?
- Can this identity access this system?
- What permissions have already been assigned?
Runtime authorization asks:
- Who or what initiated the task?
- Which identity or agent is acting?
- What action is being attempted?
- What is the target resource?
- What is the purpose of the task?
- What access has actually been delegated?
- Do current conditions or approvals change what should be allowed?
- Should the action be allowed, limited, escalated or denied right now?
P0 evaluates these signals when the action is attempted, so authorization reflects the identity, task, target and current context instead of relying on access that was granted earlier.
What P0 evaluates at every point in the action chain
Turn policy into the right access decision
Allow
Allow policy-compliant actions to proceed automatically.
P0 can evaluate identity, role, task, support ticket or change context, target resource and approval state, then grant only the privilege required for that specific action.
Review
Escalate higher-risk actions for human approval, or limit the request to the scope policy allows.
Reviewers can narrow the action, target or duration before it proceeds, keeping the workflow moving without granting unnecessary privilege.
Deny
Deny actions that violate policy, exceed the approved scope or lack the required identity, task or approval context.
P0 stops the request before execution and prevents access from being granted to the target resource.
One authorization model across every identity
Runtime authorization for AI agents
AI agents operate through longer, more dynamic action chains that can include an originator, multiple agents, tools and target systems.
P0 preserves the identity and delegated context behind each action, evaluates policy at runtime and enforces what the agent is allowed to do across the full action chain.
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- Blended identity
- Runtime tool enforcement
- Task-specific authorization
- JIT privilege
- Human-in-the-loop approval
- End-to-end policy enforcement
- Full action-chain audit
Runtime authorization for humans
Humans carry broad, standing privilege that often outlives the task that justified it, increasing the risk of misuse, compromise and unnecessary access. P0 replaces that model with policy-driven, just-in-time access that is scoped to the work being performed and removed when the task is complete.
When a human initiates an agentic workflow, P0 also preserves that identity and delegated scope so downstream agent actions remain tied to the person who started the work and the access they were actually allowed to use.
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- Just-in-time access
- Approval workflows
- Time-bound privilege
- Native target-system enforcement
- Zero Standing Privilege
Runtime authorization for machines
Machines and workloads often rely on static credentials and persistent privilege that stay available long after a specific task is complete, increasing the blast radius of compromise and making access harder to govern.
P0 applies policy to machine access, grants short-lived, least-privileged permissions for the task at hand and removes unnecessary standing access. When a machine initiates an agentic workflow, its identity and delegated context stay attached to the downstream actions it triggers.
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- Short-lived access
- Least-privileged permissions
- Policy-based authorization
- Reduced standing privilege
- Centralized audit
Discover. Control. Prove.
Runtime authorization requires more than a policy check. P0 connects visibility into identities and privilege with runtime enforcement and a complete record of what happened, so every sensitive action can be governed and explained.
Discover
See the identities, privileges, access paths and relationships that shape an authorization decision.
Control
Evaluate policy at runtime and allow, limit, escalate or deny access based on all tasks and context.
Prove
Capture originator, agent, policies decision, access granted and actions in one complete audit trail.