In an insightful episode of the Risk Management Show, Boris Agrinovich welcomes Jake Moshenko, the co-founder and CEO of AuthZed, to discuss the crucial role of authorization in application security, common challenges organizations face in implementing robust authorization mechanisms, and innovative approaches AuthZed is taking to address these issues. The discussion emphasizes the importance of distinguishing between authentication and authorization, highlighting the potential and limitations of AI in authorization, and addressing misconceptions surrounding modern authorization systems. AuthZed's solutions are streamlining permissions management, enabling companies to focus on their core competencies while ensuring secure and scalable applications. By focusing on application authorization over workforce authorization, AuthZed is reducing operational costs and accelerating time-to-market by simplifying permissions management, and strongly advocating for strongly consistent systems in authorization.