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title: Enabling advanced authentication policy
description: To enforce authentication policy settings, you must enable the Enforce Policy setting.
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revdate: January 27, 2024
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# Enabling advanced authentication policy

To enforce authentication policy settings, you must enable the **Enforce Policy** setting.

## About this task

For instructions on configuring an authentication policy, see [PingID policy](pid_policy_settings.html).

## Steps

1. Sign on to the admin portal, and go to **Setup → PingID → Configuration**.

2. In the **Authentication** section, go to **Enforce Policy**.

### Choose from:

* **Disable** (default): The device requirements, device pairing conditions, and policy configurations are ignored.

* **Enable**: The device requirements, device pairing conditions, and policy configurations are applied for authentications.

![A screen capture of the Enforce Policy section.](_images/saq1627300601435.png)

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|   | You can edit and save changes to the policy settings while **Enforce Policy** is set to **Disable**. Changes will take effect only when you select **Enable**. |

3. Click **Save**.