diff --git a/proxies/live/apiproxy/policies/FlowCallout.ValidateIDAssuranceLevel.xml b/proxies/live/apiproxy/policies/FlowCallout.ValidateIDAssuranceLevel.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..654a0afe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxies/live/apiproxy/policies/FlowCallout.ValidateIDAssuranceLevel.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+<FlowCallout async="false" continueOnError="false" enabled="true" name="FlowCallout.ValidateIDAssuranceLevel">
+    <DisplayName>FlowCallout.ValidateIDAssuranceLevel</DisplayName>
+    <FaultRules/>
+    <Properties/>
+    <SharedFlowBundle>ValidateIDAssuranceLevel</SharedFlowBundle>
+</FlowCallout>
diff --git a/proxies/live/apiproxy/proxies/default.xml b/proxies/live/apiproxy/proxies/default.xml
index 3e8b5ea2..e7390927 100644
--- a/proxies/live/apiproxy/proxies/default.xml
+++ b/proxies/live/apiproxy/proxies/default.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
       <Step>
         <Name>FlowCallout.GetEnvironmentKeyValueMapData</Name>
       </Step>
+      <Step>
+        <Name>FlowCallout.ValidateIDAssuranceLevel</Name>
+        <Condition>!(proxy.pathsuffix = "/_ping" OR proxy.pathsuffix = "/_status")</Condition>
+      </Step>
     </Request>
   </PreFlow>