Resource 2025-06 6 min
Device compliance strategy: choose trust signals that actually matter
Compliance should enforce high-signal controls (encryption, patch state, EDR health), not arbitrary configuration noise.
Endpoints Intune Compliance
The goal
Device compliance is a trust signal used by Conditional Access. If the signal is weak or noisy, access decisions become unreliable.
High-signal controls
- Full disk encryption enabled
- OS version/patch state within defined windows
- EDR healthy and reporting
- Secure boot / TPM where applicable
- Local admin governance (where practical)
Avoid low-signal requirements
If a setting causes frequent false failures or user friction without real risk reduction, it shouldn’t be a compliance gate.
Quick actions
- Document ownership boundaries.
- Stage changes and verify outcomes.
- Measure and report monthly.
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