Conditional access
A zero-trust security mechanism that dynamically evaluates context signals such as location, device state, and behavioral patterns to decide access permissions.
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Conditional access consists of two parts, signals and policies: signals cover user identity, device compliance status, location, application sensitivity, and login risk level; policies are a set of if-then rules.
Implementing conditional access usually requires the identity provider (IdP) to support claim extensions such as acr and amr in SAML/OIDC, and to be able to pass policy decision results to the application.
When procuring software, enterprise security teams increasingly ask whether the authentication flow can be integrated into their conditional access policies and whether it can interoperate with their SIEM, otherwise the product may be held up during the security review stage.
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Conditional access consists of two parts, signals and policies: signals cover user identity, device compliance status, location, application sensitivity, and login risk level; policies are a set of if-then rules.
50%UnverifiedImplementing conditional access usually requires the identity provider (IdP) to support claim extensions such as acr and amr in SAML/OIDC, and to be able to pass policy decision results to the application.
50%UnverifiedWhen procuring software, enterprise security teams increasingly ask whether the authentication flow can be integrated into their conditional access policies and whether it can interoperate with their SIEM, otherwise the product may be held up during the security review stage.
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