David Brossard

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David Brossard

A longtime voice in identity and access management, he writes and speaks about how authorization really works in modern systems. His work connects big-picture security ideas with the practical details teams need to build safer APIs and apps.

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L'art et maniere de semer

L'art et maniere de semer

by David Brossard

About the author

David Brossard is a technology leader and writer known for his work in identity, access management, and authorization. In his role as CTO at Axiomatics, he has focused on technology strategy shaped by identity and access management trends, customer needs, and standards-based security approaches.

His background includes helping shape widely used standards and industry efforts. Public bios describe him as a founding member of IDPro, a co-author of the OASIS XACML and ALFA standards, a contributor to OAuth and SCIM, and a founder and co-chair of the OpenID AuthZEN Working Group. He has also been described as having led the design and development of Salesforce's identity offering.

Alongside his industry work, he publishes articles and speaks regularly at conferences on API security, authorization, and identity. He holds a Master of Engineering from the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Lyon, France, and a certificate in business excellence from the Haas School of Business at Berkeley.