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title: "Policies (Authorization Workspace)"
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# Policies (Authorization Workspace)

The **AI Workspace** is a centralized environment for defining and managing permissions for AI-enabled applications.

Each Workspace represents a real Application in your organization, whether an internal tool, customer-facing product, or shared service that uses AI capabilities. The Workspace acts as the **authoritative boundary** that defines what users and **Agents** are permitted to do.

Within an AI Workspace, you define:

* The **Application** context you are protecting.
* The **Policies** that govern how components in the agentic ecosystem can interact with that **Application**.


## Security Model

The AI Workspace is built on a **least-privilege** approach. By default, users and **Agents** have **no permissions**.

Every capability, such as invoking an AI **Action**, accessing a protected **Asset**, or interacting with an external system, must be **explicitly granted through a Policy** with fine-grained conditions.

**Policies** define what is allowed, not what is blocked. Any access not explicitly granted by a **Policy** is **denied by design**. This model ensures that access is intentional, auditable, and aligned with business requirements.


## Separation of Concerns

The following entities are defined and managed in their own dedicated Workspaces:

* Users.
* AI **Agents**.
* Tools, such as MCP servers.
* Data sources, such as RAG repositories.

The AI Workspace **consumes** these external definitions and applies **Policy** decisions to them without owning their lifecycle.

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In the following sections, you will learn how to define and manage **Policies** that grant precise, least privileged access across your AI stack.