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Design the break-glass accounts we will need when SSO is down. What does good look like?

Break-glass exists to restore login when the identity provider is the thing that died. Few accounts, sealed hardware factors, an alert on every authentication, a printed runbook and a quarterly drill.

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Break-glass exists to restore login when the identity provider is the thing that died. Few accounts, sealed hardware factors, an alert on every authentication, a printed runbook and a quarterly drill.

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