Cedar, an open-source authorization policy language developed by AWS, has joined the CNCF as a Sandbox project. It allows developers to manage permissions separately from application logic, supporting various authorization models with a focus on security through formal verification. Cedar is designed for high performance in application-level authorization, differentiating it from general-purpose tools like Open Policy Agent.

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