Conditional Access intelligence — without locking you into Entra
Subtitle: Vendor-agnostic policy evaluation from correlated evidence, not agent guesswork.
“Conditional Access” became synonymous with Microsoft Entra. But access decisions in real organizations depend on more than IdP signals: where the device is, what the endpoint posture is, whether the browser extension attests, what EDR last saw.
Dual-Strike XISEM Conditional Access intelligence is a platform-level abstraction — client-org scoped, not tied to a single vendor console.
What it evaluates
Policies express scope (asset types, identity types), conditions (location class, risk tier, posture signals), and actions (restrict, block, step-up, isolate, monitor).
Default templates include patterns operators recognize:
Block privileged access from unknown locations
Step-up auth when identity appears from home network with drift
Read-only posture during geo anomalies
Evaluations are logged for audit — auditable outcomes, not silent blocks in an agent.
Where you see it
Compliance console → Conditional Access tab
Asset modal → correlated CA posture alongside evidence timelines
MIP overview → CAA / attestation coverage rollup
Why MSPs care
Clients ask: “Are we zero trust?” You need a answer that doesn’t require exporting Entra CA to a spreadsheet and hand-waving device trust.
XISEM correlates harvester evidence (location, agent health, extension attestation, identity) into policy evaluations your analysts can explain in a QBR — and map to compliance frameworks already in the platform.
Not enforcement — intelligence
Dual-Strike XISEM does not replace Entra CA enforcement at the IdP. It informs decisions: detections, investigations, POA&M items, and client reporting.
That separation matters: the platform stays evidence-driven; enforcement stays where admins already configure it.
Explore: Compliance → Conditional Access · dual-strike.com
Policy templates evolve with releases — use in-console descriptions as ground truth.