Modern access controls: takeaways on what actually works
We interviewed IT and security teams to ask them how they actually define, implement, and improve their access control policies. Get the report to learn more.

CEO / Founder

CEO / Founder
We interviewed IT and security teams to ask them how they actually define, implement, and improve their access control policies. Get the report to learn more.
CEO / Founder
CEO / Founder
Business teams have context for access decisions but lack authority. Delegate to those closest to the resources by defining clear ownership for each app.
CEO / Founder
CEO / Founder
Internal tools built as code come with version control and audit logs for free, but git becomes a barrier for non-engineers to use these tools.
CEO / Founder
CEO / Founder
A role in RBAC should represent what someone actually does in your environment. Your job title makes a bad RBAC role: it's your position, not your function.
CEO / Founder
CEO / Founder
Comms groups map to how people actually work, but often access groups don't. Comms groups always become access groups. It's not a matter of if, but when.
CEO / Founder
CEO / Founder
SQL builders are always one bad logic bug away from full-blown query injection. Oblique uses Go type tricks to prevent this entire class of backend issues.
CTO / Founder
CTO / Founder
Authentication has evolved from simple passwords to federated systems with passwordless logins, continuously balancing security and usability.
CEO / Founder
CEO / Founder
Instead of minting long-lived API keys and warning users “keep this secret,” let's use GitHub Action's OpenID Connect support instead.
CTO / Founder
CTO / Founder
Organizations ask users to fill out justification fields when requesting access, but these are useless explanations. You should already have the context.
CEO / Founder
CEO / Founder
IT teams are scared to remove access they don't understand, leading to sprawling entitlements. Removing unused access isn't risky — never removing access is.
CEO / Founder
CEO / Founder
Identity management is surprisingly hard: access controls change constantly and require context. We founded Oblique to work on impactful security problems.
CEO / Founder
CEO / Founder
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