Chatbots
Chatbots that verify identity first
Every serious enterprise chatbot starts the conversation with an auth check — because the whole point is to give privileged answers.
Published by CloudFixies · 25 November 2025
The pattern
Silent SSO on entry. Elevated MFA before any write action. Conditional Access respected. The user never types a password, but the bot always knows who it is talking to.
The pitfall
Do not build "guest mode". A public chatbot is a different product with different content. Sharing an identity model between the two is the shortest path to a data leak.
◆ Takeaway
Auth on entry, MFA before writes, no guest mode.