Understanding User Managed Access
Security Boulevard, Tuesday, February 17th, 2026
Understanding User Managed Access (UMA): The Future of Granular Sharing and AI Authorization
In a Zero Trust world crawling with autonomous AI agents, the old way of doing things is dead. The standard OAuth 2.0 model of "delegation"-where you hand an application the keys to your entire digital kingdom just to perform one task-is no longer just risky. It's obsolete.
Enter User Managed Access (UMA) 2.0.