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Conditional Access Break Glass Account Excluded
Low Severity Microsoft 365 security check in the Conditional Access domain.
Break-glass (emergency access) account is excluded from all enabled Conditional Access policies. Emergency access is preserved Break-glass accounts must bypass CA to remain accessible during lockouts. Siemserva runs this check automatically across your tenant and maps every finding to the compliance frameworks below.
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Check summary
What this check verifies
Break-glass (emergency access) account is excluded from all enabled Conditional Access policies. Emergency access is preserved
Why it matters
Break-glass accounts must bypass CA to remain accessible during lockouts. This finding is informational: the account is correctly excluded and emergency access is intact
How to fix it
No action required. Periodically verify that exclusions are intentional and that the account retains Global Administrator or equivalent privilege
Siemserva flags every tenant where this check fails and, with Senserva Trustworthy AI remediation, can propose a validated fix you approve before it applies.
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Compliance framework mappings
Findings from this check serve as evidence for:
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Common questions
What does the Conditional Access Break Glass Account Excluded check verify?
Break-glass (emergency access) account is excluded from all enabled Conditional Access policies. Emergency access is preserved It is a Low Severity check in the Conditional Access domain, one of the 650+ checks Siemserva runs across Microsoft 365, Intune, Defender, and Entra ID.
How do I fix a Conditional Access Break Glass Account Excluded finding?
No action required. Periodically verify that exclusions are intentional and that the account retains Global Administrator or equivalent privilege Siemserva ranks the finding by Severity and, with Senserva Trustworthy AI, can propose a validated, approve-before-apply configuration fix.
Which compliance frameworks does this check evidence?
Findings from this check map to SCuBA, MCSB, NIST, SOC2, CIS, HIPAA, including SCuBA policy MS.AAD.1.1v1, MS.AAD.2.1v1, MS.AAD.2.2v1, MS.AAD.2.3v1, MS.AAD.3.1v1, MS.AAD.3.2v1, and MCSB controls PA-4, IM-1. That mapping is what turns a scan finding into audit evidence.
Can I ask my own AI about this check?
Yes. This page includes a free copy-paste AI prompt carrying the check's facts: what it verifies, the risk, the remediation, and the framework mappings. Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot; cite-worthy detail without giving an AI access to your tenant.
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