Most organizations enforce security policies after a user authenticates — but in a Zero Trust architecture, the device itself must be verified before any access is granted. We explore how to configure Workspace One UEM compliance policies that feed directly into your identity provider’s conditional access rules.
In a Zero Trust model, trust is never implicit. Every device, every user, and every connection must be continuously verified. This means your MDM compliance policies need to be the first gate, not an afterthought.
Workspace One UEM provides powerful compliance policy engines that can evaluate device health, OS version, encryption status, and installed profiles before granting access to corporate resources. When integrated with your identity provider through SAML or OIDC, these compliance signals become part of the authentication decision — meaning a non-compliant device is blocked before the user ever sees a login prompt.
This guide walks through setting up compliance policies, configuring the integration with your IdP, and testing the end-to-end flow to ensure your Zero Trust architecture is truly enforced at the device level.