Descope Policies: Granular Access Rules for Agents (and More)

Descope Policies have been significantly enhanced, providing a robust policy engine that governs access to enterprise resources or downstream connections for applications, OAuth clients, and AI agents. These policies, acting as an access governance layer, allow organizations to define and enforce authorization rules at the token boundary, ensuring agents can only access requested scopes after authorization checks. Policies can be tailored using conditions based on various attributes like user roles, client names, and client statuses, allowing for precise access control. They can target connections, such as OAuth and API key-based services, granting access to specific parts of a connection, or targeting resources, enabling scoped and delegated access to MCP servers and product APIs. Real-world use cases illustrate how single-client policies can restrict access to specific tasks, or how multi-grant type policies can differentiate actions based on whether a human is involved. Overall, Descope Policies offer a flexible and easy-to-administer solution for managing secure access to protected resources.