oso cofounder/CTO Sam Scott was a guest on The Real Python Podcast, hosted by Christopher Bailey. The episode covers everything from post quantum cryptography to authorization patterns to oso's policy engine – and how these work in Python. Listen to the 50-minute episode to hear from Sam and Christopher about:
- Sam's transition from PhD in Cryptography to NYC startup founder and post-quantum cryptography
- The oso origin story, and what is a policy engine
- Adding authorization to an existing Flask or Django app using oso
- Common security and authorization challenges developers face
- How Polar, oso's declarative policy language, works
If you're interested in digging deeper into authorization in Python and oso, here are some useful links:
- oso Quickstart
- Adding authorization to your Flask app with oso
- Building a Django app with data access controls in 30 min
- Generating Django Queryset filters from oso policies
- Join our Slack channel
- Sign up for office hours
