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Start with the access path

List the user groups, privileged roles, applications and device states involved in each access scenario. This makes policy gaps and exceptions visible before enforcement.

What should IT evaluate?

• Protect administrator access and emergency accounts with separate controls.
• Review device trust, location and authentication conditions against real work patterns.
• Test policy impact before broad rollout and monitor sign-in results.

Mercan perspective

An identity policy should be operationally manageable as well as restrictive. Document exceptions, ownership and recovery access so that a security control does not unexpectedly interrupt work.