Conditional Access Policies

Access Management is a critical challenge for organizations, especially by those embracing BYOD. Employees often access corporate resources from different locations using multiple devices, making manual validation of authorized users and devices a significant burden for IT administrators.

MDM streamlines this process through Conditional Access policies, automating verification and enforcement. These policies ensure that only compliant and authorized users/devices meeting predefined conditions can access corporate resources, while blocking unauthorized attempts. To achieve this, MDM supports the following policies:

Access Policies:

• Microsoft Entra Conditional Access: By integrating MDM with Microsoft Entra ID (Office 365), organizations can establish compliance-based access controls for Microsoft 365 applications on mobile devices. This integration ensures secure access while maintaining adherence to organizational policies.
  Key configuration options include:
  • Enforcing device compliance with Microsoft Entra ID
  • Enhancing security through certificate-based authentication
• Okta Device Trust for Managed Devices: Okta Device Trust enables contextual access management by verifying users and devices. When integrated with MDM, it supports diverse ownership models such as BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and COPE (Corporate-Owned Personally Enabled). Steps include configuring Okta Device Trust for managed devices with MDM to ensure secure and compliant access.
• Conditional Access for Microsoft Exchange Server: Conditional Exchange Access (CEA) or Exchange Conditional Access policies enable organizations to control and monitor devices accessing their Exchange servers. These policies allow access only to authorized devices, making MDM the central control point. This is especially beneficial in BYOD environments, as it ensures corporate data is accessed securely. Notable features include support for Exchange Server 2019 and overriding server-specific access settings. Administrators can follow detailed steps to configure conditional access for Microsoft Exchange servers.
• Zoho Workspace Integration: Zoho Workspace supports Conditional Access policies to safeguard organizational resources. By integrating MDM, administrators can enforce device compliance requirements and secure access across diverse endpoints.
• Office 365 MAM Policies This policy lets you apply security configurations to Office 365 apps installed on iOS and Android devices. Configure data protection, access requirements and conditional launch settings for these apps to secure corporate data being accessed from personally-owned devices.