diff --git a/docs/source/configuration/authorization.mdx b/docs/source/configuration/authorization.mdx index 938fb306fa..e1e845ad14 100644 --- a/docs/source/configuration/authorization.mdx +++ b/docs/source/configuration/authorization.mdx @@ -61,6 +61,18 @@ Services may have their own access controls, but enforcing authorization _in the classDef padding padding-left:1em, padding-right:1em ``` + + +To learn more about why authorization is ideal at the router layer, watch Andrew Carlson's talk at Austin API Summit 2024: [Centralize Data Access Control with GraphQL](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETyAPY4bsYY). + + + + + + + + + ## How access control works The Apollo Router provides access controls via **authorization directives** that define access to specific fields and types across your supergraph: