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# What is Conditional Access?
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Modern security extends beyond an organization's network perimeter to include user and device identity. Organizations now use identity-driven signals as part of their access control decisions. Microsoft Entra Conditional Access brings signals together, to make decisions, and enforce organizational policies. Conditional Access is Microsoft's [Zero Trust policy engine](/security/zero-trust/deploy/identity) taking signals from various sources into account when enforcing policy decisions.
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:::image type="content" source="media/common-conditional-access-media/conditional-access-signal-decision-enforcement.png" alt-text="Diagram showing concept of Conditional Access signals plus decision to enforce organizational policy." lightbox="media/common-conditional-access-media/conditional-access-signal-decision-enforcement.png":::
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