Design intent
Make responsibility explicit
Define the required assurance for each relevant identity, role, application or dashboard. Verify how the system evaluates enrolled methods, step-up requirements and credential changes against that policy.
Features / Authentication policy
Authentication Assurance Support
Express the level of authentication required for an identity or action, rather than treating every combination of authenticators as equivalent.
Explore the design intent, review practical decisions and validate exact behavior against your deployed configuration.
Why it matters
Make the policy understandable before you automate it.
A count of authenticators alone does not tell the whole story. Two methods can belong to the same factor type, and phishing resistance or device binding can change the security properties.
Worked scenario
See it in context
A privileged resource requires a stronger assurance level than a basic customer journey; the user is prompted to meet the policy rather than silently downgraded.
Boundary to verify
Do not rely on interface alone
Confirm enforcement at the relevant server, API, resource or operational decision point. A hidden button or an informative dashboard is not, by itself, an authorization control.
Practical path
From intent to verified outcome.
Use these stages as a review guide. Exact settings and enforcement points depend on the configured deployment and connected systems.
Define the boundary
Identify the actor, target resource and operation that authentication assurance support is meant to govern.
Configure the policy
Define the required assurance for each relevant identity, role, application or dashboard. Verify how the system evaluates enrolled methods, step-up requirements and credential changes against that policy.
Exercise the edge cases
A privileged resource requires a stronger assurance level than a basic customer journey; the user is prompted to meet the policy rather than silently downgraded. Also test the path that should be denied, deferred or sent for review.
Review the outcome
Check that the resulting state is understandable and that the decision can be investigated later. For audit-enabled operations, confirm the relevant actor and context are captured.
Before rollout
Questions worth answering.
A capability is easier to operate when ownership, failure behavior and verification are defined upfront.
- Confirm the subject, resource and scope affected by authentication assurance support.
- Which assurance level is required, which authenticators qualify and what happens when a user no longer has one available?
- Test the expected path and at least one denied, expired or incomplete path.
- Make ownership, failure handling and review evidence clear before rollout.
This page describes a design approach based on WebFrolic’s documented product model. Verify feature availability and exact behavior in your environment before relying on it for a control requirement.
Related capabilities
Explore what connects to this.
Follow the related areas to understand how this capability fits within identity, access, lifecycle and operations.
Evaluate with your scenario
Start with a concrete workflow.
Share the identities, resource boundary and decision you want to test. The walkthrough can focus on the relevant behavior rather than a generic feature tour.