Getting Cozy with COAZ: Securing APIs and AI Agents with Standardized Authorization
By Atul Tulshibagwale and Alex Olivier, co-chairs of the OpenID Foundation’s AuthZEN Working Group The views expressed in this post are those of the authors, in their capacity as co-chairs of the AuthZEN Working Group, and do not necessarily represent the position of the OpenID Foundation as a whole. AuthZEN is a great way to […]
AuthZEN at Identiverse 2026: authorization in the agent era
By Alex Olivier Authorization, and specifically authorization for AI agents, emerged as the defining challenge of the year. That shift was visible at Identiverse 2026. One marker of how far the work has come is that the AuthZEN sessions ran as a full masterclass and a main-program talk rather than the side birds-of-a-feather slots such […]
OpenID Foundation advances authorization for the agent era with new AuthZEN Working Group Drafts
As the identity community gathers at Identiverse 2026, authorization is emerging as one of the defining challenges of the agent era. The OpenID Foundation is pleased to share a significant step forward. The AuthZEN Working Group has approved the AuthZEN Access Request and Approval Profile (AARP) and AuthZEN Profile for Model Context Protocol Tool Authorization […]
CrowdStrike joins the OIDF as a Sustaining Corporate Member
The OpenID Foundation is pleased to welcome CrowdStrike as a new Sustaining Corporate Member. CrowdStrike is a global cybersecurity leader whose CrowdStrike Falcon® platform delivers real-time threat detection, endpoint protection, and high-fidelity security intelligence across modern enterprise environments. CrowdStrike brings with it significant expertise in real-time threat detection and security threat intelligence. As identity has […]
OpenID AuthZEN wins EIC 2026 Outstanding Project Recognition
The OpenID Foundation congratulates the OpenID AuthZEN Working Group on winning the Outstanding Project Recognition award at the recent European Identity and Cloud Conference (EIC) 2026 in Berlin. The award was presented by KuppingerCole, one of the most respected analyst and research firms in the identity and access management space, who commented that AuthZEN that […]
AuthZEN: From ‘what is this’ to ‘how do we implement it’
The AuthZEN Working Group shares highlights from Gartner IAM London, including what practitioners’ questions revealed about enterprise readiness. Gartner IAM London in earlier this month brought together enterprise IAM practitioners, analysts, and standards bodies. For the OpenID Foundation’s AuthZEN Working Group, it was a revealing few days. Co-chairs Atul Tulshibagwale, Alex Olivier, and David Brossard […]
Registration Open for OpenID Foundation Hybrid Workshop on Mon 27th April 2026
The OpenID Foundation will be holding a hybrid workshop on Mon 27th April 2026, just ahead of the Spring 2026 Internet Identity Workshop (IIW). This hybrid event will take place both in person at Cisco’s office in San Jose, California, USA and online making it accessible to participants worldwide. Event Details: 📅 Date: Monday, 27th […]
Authorization API 1.0 Final Specification Approved
The OpenID Foundation membership has approved the following as an OpenID Final Specification: Authorization API 1.0: https://openid.net/specs/authorization-api-1_0.html A Final Specification provides intellectual property protections to implementers of the specification and is not subject to further revision. This Final Specification is the product of the OpenID AuthZEN Working Group. The voting results were: Approve […]
AuthZEN shows enterprise readiness at Gartner IAM Summit
After two years of development, the AuthZEN Working Group reached a significant milestone at this month’s Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit in Grapevine, Texas, with enterprise practitioners signalling clear readiness for implementation. The main AuthZEN session drew nearly 100 attendees whose questions revealed an important shift in market maturity. Rather than asking whether standards […]
Notice of Vote to Approve Proposed Authorization API 1.0 Final Specification
The two-week voting period will be between Tuesday, December 23, 2025, and Tuesday, January 6, 2026, once the 60 day review of the specification has been completed. The AuthZEN working group page: https://openid.net/wg/authzen/. If you’re not already a member, or if your membership has expired, please consider joining to participate in the approval vote. Information on joining the […]