PingOne

Applying authentication policies to an application

Authentication policies define sign-on requirements for accessing an application.

Before you begin

Add an authentication policy in PingOne. Learn more in Adding an authentication policy and Authentication policies.

The PingOne admin console always uses the default authentication policy if you haven’t enabled enhanced administrator security in the environment and:

  • The environment was created before July 20, 2024 and is using PingOne MFA.

  • The environment was created before September 16, 2024 and is using PingID.

Changing the default policy could affect the ability of administrators to access the PingOne admin console.

If your environment was created after these dates, enhanced administrator security is enabled automatically and the PingOne admin console uses a built-in authentication policy. You can’t use a different policy.

Learn more in Administrator security.

Steps

  1. In the PingOne admin console, go to Applications > Applications and browse or search for the application you want to edit.

  2. Click the application entry to open the Details panel.

  3. On the Policies tab, click the Pencil icon.

  4. Select the checkbox for the policy that you want to apply.

    You can select a maximum of 20 policies, and the policies are applied in the order listed on the Selected Policies tab.

    If you have a DaVinci license, you can select PingOne policies or DaVinci flow policies, but not both. If you don’t have a DaVinci license, can only see and select PingOne policies.

    A screen capture showing the Edit policies page
  5. (Optional) Go to the Selected PingOne Policies or Selected DaVinci Policies tab and drag and drop the policies to change the order in which they are applied.

    There is only one Selected Policies tab. The tab name displayed depends on whether you are using DaVinci flow policies or PingOne policies.

  6. Click Save.