Break-Glass Account on Secure Techieshttps://securetechie.com/tags/break-glass-account/Recent content in Break-Glass Account on Secure TechiesHugoen-usSat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700Conditional Access Without Locking Agents Outhttps://securetechie.com/case-studies/conditional-access-without-locking-agents-out/Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://securetechie.com/case-studies/conditional-access-without-locking-agents-out/An independent brokerage in Sherman Oaks asked Secure Techies for Conditional Access after an insurer asked how MFA was enforced, not whether it was licensed. We ran policies in report-only, excluded a break-glass account, then enforced MFA and blocked legacy auth without locking agents out of mail on listing day. This was not a FIDO rollout for every phone, and not the nonprofit MFA study.Break-Glass Account in Microsoft 365: The Door You Hope to Never Usehttps://securetechie.com/blog/break-glass-account-microsoft-365/Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0700https://securetechie.com/blog/break-glass-account-microsoft-365/<p>Here&rsquo;s the short version: <strong>a Microsoft 365 break-glass account is an emergency Global Admin you can still use when Conditional Access, MFA, or your IdP has a bad day.</strong> It is excluded on purpose. It is monitored on purpose. It is never Outlook.</p>