diff --git a/backend/src/db/migrations/20251127192155_adds-scope-org-id-to-identity-access-tokens.ts b/backend/src/db/migrations/20251127192155_adds-scope-org-id-to-identity-access-tokens.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index dd7f0c3a0..000000000
--- a/backend/src/db/migrations/20251127192155_adds-scope-org-id-to-identity-access-tokens.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-import { Knex } from "knex";
-
-import { TableName } from "../schemas";
-
-export async function up(knex: Knex): Promise<void> {
-  const hasScopeOrgIdColumn = await knex.schema.hasColumn(TableName.IdentityAccessToken, "scopeOrgId");
-  if (!hasScopeOrgIdColumn) {
-    await knex.schema.alterTable(TableName.IdentityAccessToken, (t) => {
-      t.uuid("scopeOrgId");
-      t.foreign("scopeOrgId").references("id").inTable(TableName.Organization).onDelete("CASCADE");
-    });
-  }
-}
-
-export async function down(knex: Knex): Promise<void> {
-  const hasScopeOrgIdColumn = await knex.schema.hasColumn(TableName.IdentityAccessToken, "scopeOrgId");
-  if (hasScopeOrgIdColumn) {
-    await knex.schema.alterTable(TableName.IdentityAccessToken, (t) => {
-      t.dropColumn("scopeOrgId");
-    });
-  }
-}
diff --git a/backend/src/db/migrations/20251127192155_adds-sub-organization-id-to-identity-access-tokens.ts b/backend/src/db/migrations/20251127192155_adds-sub-organization-id-to-identity-access-tokens.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31de94dd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations/20251127192155_adds-sub-organization-id-to-identity-access-tokens.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { Knex } from "knex";
+
+import { TableName } from "../schemas";
+
+export async function up(knex: Knex): Promise<void> {
+  const hasSubOrganizationIdColumn = await knex.schema.hasColumn(TableName.IdentityAccessToken, "subOrganizationId");
+  if (!hasSubOrganizationIdColumn) {
+    await knex.schema.alterTable(TableName.IdentityAccessToken, (t) => {
+      t.uuid("subOrganizationId").nullable();
+      t.foreign("subOrganizationId").references("id").inTable(TableName.Organization).onDelete("CASCADE");
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+export async function down(knex: Knex): Promise<void> {
+  const hasSubOrganizationIdColumn = await knex.schema.hasColumn(TableName.IdentityAccessToken, "subOrganizationId");
+  if (hasSubOrganizationIdColumn) {
+    await knex.schema.alterTable(TableName.IdentityAccessToken, (t) => {
+      t.dropColumn("subOrganizationId");
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/db/schemas/identity-access-tokens.ts b/backend/src/db/schemas/identity-access-tokens.ts
index dfa962439..fcda42d4b 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/schemas/identity-access-tokens.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/schemas/identity-access-tokens.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export const IdentityAccessTokensSchema = z.object({
   name: z.string().nullable().optional(),
   authMethod: z.string(),
   accessTokenPeriod: z.coerce.number().default(0),
-  scopeOrgId: z.string().uuid().nullable().optional()
+  subOrganizationId: z.string().uuid().nullable().optional()
 });
 
 export type TIdentityAccessTokens = z.infer<typeof IdentityAccessTokensSchema>;
diff --git a/backend/src/services/identity-access-token/identity-access-token-dal.ts b/backend/src/services/identity-access-token/identity-access-token-dal.ts
index 7c98ac9f9..c6ae78fe1 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/identity-access-token/identity-access-token-dal.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/identity-access-token/identity-access-token-dal.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export const identityAccessTokenDALFactory = (db: TDbClient) => {
         .join(TableName.Identity, `${TableName.Identity}.id`, `${TableName.IdentityAccessToken}.identityId`)
         .select(selectAllTableCols(TableName.IdentityAccessToken))
         .select(db.ref("orgId").withSchema(TableName.Identity).as("identityOrgId"))
-        .select(db.ref("scopeOrgId").withSchema(TableName.IdentityAccessToken).as("scopeOrgId"))
+        .select(db.ref("subOrganizationId").withSchema(TableName.IdentityAccessToken).as("subOrganizationId"))
         .first();
 
       return doc;
diff --git a/backend/src/services/identity-access-token/identity-access-token-service.ts b/backend/src/services/identity-access-token/identity-access-token-service.ts
index ab4d7ef5d..4aaff748c 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/identity-access-token/identity-access-token-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/identity-access-token/identity-access-token-service.ts
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ export const identityAccessTokenServiceFactory = ({
       });
     }
 
-    const scopeOrgId = identityAccessToken.scopeOrgId || identityAccessToken.identityOrgId;
+    const scopeOrgId = identityAccessToken.subOrganizationId || identityAccessToken.identityOrgId;
 
     const identityOrgDetails = await orgDAL.findOne({ id: scopeOrgId });
 
diff --git a/backend/src/services/identity-alicloud-auth/identity-alicloud-auth-service.ts b/backend/src/services/identity-alicloud-auth/identity-alicloud-auth-service.ts
index 4790067ff..c74326548 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/identity-alicloud-auth/identity-alicloud-auth-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/identity-alicloud-auth/identity-alicloud-auth-service.ts
@@ -80,26 +80,23 @@ export const identityAliCloudAuthServiceFactory = ({
     if (!identity) throw new UnauthorizedError({ message: "Identity not found" });
 
     const org = await orgDAL.findById(identity.orgId);
-    const isSubOrg = Boolean(org.rootOrgId);
+    const isSubOrgIdentity = Boolean(org.rootOrgId);
 
-    const rootOrgId = isSubOrg ? org.rootOrgId || org.id : org.id;
+    // If the identity is a sub-org identity, then the scope is always the org.id, and if it's a root org identity, then we need to resolve the scope if a subOrganizationName is specified
+    let subOrganizationId = isSubOrgIdentity ? org.id : null;
 
-    // Resolve sub-organization if specified
-    let scopeOrgId = rootOrgId;
     if (subOrganizationName) {
-      const subOrg = await orgDAL.findOne({ slug: subOrganizationName });
+      if (!isSubOrgIdentity) {
+        const subOrg = await orgDAL.findOne({ rootOrgId: org.id, slug: subOrganizationName });
 
-      if (subOrg) {
-        if (subOrg.rootOrgId === rootOrgId) {
-          // Verify identity has membership in the sub-organization
+        if (subOrg) {
           const subOrgMembership = await membershipIdentityDAL.findOne({
             scope: AccessScope.Organization,
             actorIdentityId: identity.id,
             scopeOrgId: subOrg.id
           });
-
           if (subOrgMembership) {
-            scopeOrgId = subOrg.id;
+            subOrganizationId = subOrg.id;
           }
         }
       }
@@ -157,7 +154,7 @@ export const identityAliCloudAuthServiceFactory = ({
             accessTokenNumUses: 0,
             accessTokenNumUsesLimit: identityAliCloudAuth.accessTokenNumUsesLimit,
             authMethod: IdentityAuthMethod.ALICLOUD_AUTH,
-            scopeOrgId
+            subOrganizationId
           },
           tx
         );
diff --git a/backend/src/services/identity-aws-auth/identity-aws-auth-service.ts b/backend/src/services/identity-aws-auth/identity-aws-auth-service.ts
index a06ec4838..fb95b95cf 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/identity-aws-auth/identity-aws-auth-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/identity-aws-auth/identity-aws-auth-service.ts
@@ -118,27 +118,23 @@ export const identityAwsAuthServiceFactory = ({
     if (!identity) throw new UnauthorizedError({ message: "Identity not found" });
 
     const org = await orgDAL.findById(identity.orgId);
+    const isSubOrgIdentity = Boolean(org.rootOrgId);
 
-    const isSubOrg = Boolean(org.rootOrgId);
+    // If the identity is a sub-org identity, then the scope is always the org.id, and if it's a root org identity, then we need to resolve the scope if a subOrganizationName is specified
+    let subOrganizationId = isSubOrgIdentity ? org.id : null;
 
-    const rootOrgId = isSubOrg ? org.rootOrgId || org.id : org.id;
-
-    // Resolve sub-organization if specified
-    let scopeOrgId = rootOrgId;
     if (subOrganizationName) {
-      const subOrg = await orgDAL.findOne({ slug: subOrganizationName });
+      if (!isSubOrgIdentity) {
+        const subOrg = await orgDAL.findOne({ rootOrgId: org.id, slug: subOrganizationName });
 
-      if (subOrg) {
-        if (subOrg.rootOrgId === rootOrgId) {
-          // Verify identity has membership in the sub-organization
+        if (subOrg) {
           const subOrgMembership = await membershipIdentityDAL.findOne({
             scope: AccessScope.Organization,
             actorIdentityId: identity.id,
             scopeOrgId: subOrg.id
           });
-
           if (subOrgMembership) {
-            scopeOrgId = subOrg.id;
+            subOrganizationId = subOrg.id;
           }
         }
       }
@@ -240,7 +236,7 @@ export const identityAwsAuthServiceFactory = ({
             accessTokenNumUses: 0,
             accessTokenNumUsesLimit: identityAwsAuth.accessTokenNumUsesLimit,
             authMethod: IdentityAuthMethod.AWS_AUTH,
-            scopeOrgId
+            subOrganizationId
           },
           tx
         );
diff --git a/backend/src/services/identity-azure-auth/identity-azure-auth-service.ts b/backend/src/services/identity-azure-auth/identity-azure-auth-service.ts
index 92ad82fd7..0157cc281 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/identity-azure-auth/identity-azure-auth-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/identity-azure-auth/identity-azure-auth-service.ts
@@ -74,28 +74,23 @@ export const identityAzureAuthServiceFactory = ({
     if (!identity) throw new UnauthorizedError({ message: "Identity not found" });
 
     const org = await orgDAL.findById(identity.orgId);
+    const isSubOrgIdentity = Boolean(org.rootOrgId);
 
-    const isSubOrg = Boolean(org.rootOrgId);
-
-    const rootOrgId = isSubOrg ? org.rootOrgId || org.id : org.id;
-
-    // Resolve sub-organization if specified
-    let scopeOrgId = rootOrgId;
+    // If the identity is a sub-org identity, then the scope is always the org.id, and if it's a root org identity, then we need to resolve the scope if a subOrganizationName is specified
+    let subOrganizationId = isSubOrgIdentity ? org.id : null;
 
     if (subOrganizationName) {
-      const subOrg = await orgDAL.findOne({ slug: subOrganizationName });
+      if (!isSubOrgIdentity) {
+        const subOrg = await orgDAL.findOne({ rootOrgId: org.id, slug: subOrganizationName });
 
-      if (subOrg) {
-        if (subOrg.rootOrgId === rootOrgId) {
-          // Verify identity has membership in the sub-organization
+        if (subOrg) {
           const subOrgMembership = await membershipIdentityDAL.findOne({
             scope: AccessScope.Organization,
             actorIdentityId: identity.id,
             scopeOrgId: subOrg.id
           });
-
           if (subOrgMembership) {
-            scopeOrgId = subOrg.id;
+            subOrganizationId = subOrg.id;
           }
         }
       }
@@ -153,7 +148,7 @@ export const identityAzureAuthServiceFactory = ({
             accessTokenNumUses: 0,
             accessTokenNumUsesLimit: identityAzureAuth.accessTokenNumUsesLimit,
             authMethod: IdentityAuthMethod.AZURE_AUTH,
-            scopeOrgId
+            subOrganizationId
           },
           tx
         );
diff --git a/backend/src/services/identity-gcp-auth/identity-gcp-auth-service.ts b/backend/src/services/identity-gcp-auth/identity-gcp-auth-service.ts
index 797103de1..b7db92c3a 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/identity-gcp-auth/identity-gcp-auth-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/identity-gcp-auth/identity-gcp-auth-service.ts
@@ -72,26 +72,23 @@ export const identityGcpAuthServiceFactory = ({
     if (!identity) throw new UnauthorizedError({ message: "Identity not found" });
 
     const org = await orgDAL.findById(identity.orgId);
-    const isSubOrg = Boolean(org.rootOrgId);
+    const isSubOrgIdentity = Boolean(org.rootOrgId);
 
-    const rootOrgId = isSubOrg ? org.rootOrgId || org.id : org.id;
+    // If the identity is a sub-org identity, then the scope is always the org.id, and if it's a root org identity, then we need to resolve the scope if a subOrganizationName is specified
+    let subOrganizationId = isSubOrgIdentity ? org.id : null;
 
-    // Resolve sub-organization if specified
-    let scopeOrgId = rootOrgId;
     if (subOrganizationName) {
-      const subOrg = await orgDAL.findOne({ slug: subOrganizationName });
+      if (!isSubOrgIdentity) {
+        const subOrg = await orgDAL.findOne({ rootOrgId: org.id, slug: subOrganizationName });
 
-      if (subOrg) {
-        if (subOrg.rootOrgId === rootOrgId) {
-          // Verify identity has membership in the sub-organization
+        if (subOrg) {
           const subOrgMembership = await membershipIdentityDAL.findOne({
             scope: AccessScope.Organization,
             actorIdentityId: identity.id,
             scopeOrgId: subOrg.id
           });
-
           if (subOrgMembership) {
-            scopeOrgId = subOrg.id;
+            subOrganizationId = subOrg.id;
           }
         }
       }
@@ -192,7 +189,7 @@ export const identityGcpAuthServiceFactory = ({
             accessTokenNumUses: 0,
             accessTokenNumUsesLimit: identityGcpAuth.accessTokenNumUsesLimit,
             authMethod: IdentityAuthMethod.GCP_AUTH,
-            scopeOrgId
+            subOrganizationId
           },
           tx
         );
diff --git a/backend/src/services/identity-jwt-auth/identity-jwt-auth-service.ts b/backend/src/services/identity-jwt-auth/identity-jwt-auth-service.ts
index c6b309c5c..3ac0dddaa 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/identity-jwt-auth/identity-jwt-auth-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/identity-jwt-auth/identity-jwt-auth-service.ts
@@ -86,26 +86,23 @@ export const identityJwtAuthServiceFactory = ({
     if (!identity) throw new UnauthorizedError({ message: "Identity not found" });
 
     const org = await orgDAL.findById(identity.orgId);
-    const isSubOrg = Boolean(org.rootOrgId);
+    const isSubOrgIdentity = Boolean(org.rootOrgId);
 
-    const rootOrgId = isSubOrg ? org.rootOrgId || org.id : org.id;
+    // If the identity is a sub-org identity, then the scope is always the org.id, and if it's a root org identity, then we need to resolve the scope if a subOrganizationName is specified
+    let subOrganizationId = isSubOrgIdentity ? org.id : null;
 
-    // Resolve sub-organization if specified
-    let scopeOrgId = rootOrgId;
     if (subOrganizationName) {
-      const subOrg = await orgDAL.findOne({ slug: subOrganizationName });
+      if (!isSubOrgIdentity) {
+        const subOrg = await orgDAL.findOne({ rootOrgId: org.id, slug: subOrganizationName });
 
-      if (subOrg) {
-        if (subOrg.rootOrgId === rootOrgId) {
-          // Verify identity has membership in the sub-organization
+        if (subOrg) {
           const subOrgMembership = await membershipIdentityDAL.findOne({
             scope: AccessScope.Organization,
             actorIdentityId: identity.id,
             scopeOrgId: subOrg.id
           });
-
           if (subOrgMembership) {
-            scopeOrgId = subOrg.id;
+            subOrganizationId = subOrg.id;
           }
         }
       }
@@ -271,7 +268,7 @@ export const identityJwtAuthServiceFactory = ({
             accessTokenNumUses: 0,
             accessTokenNumUsesLimit: identityJwtAuth.accessTokenNumUsesLimit,
             authMethod: IdentityAuthMethod.JWT_AUTH,
-            scopeOrgId
+            subOrganizationId
           },
           tx
         );
diff --git a/backend/src/services/identity-kubernetes-auth/identity-kubernetes-auth-service.ts b/backend/src/services/identity-kubernetes-auth/identity-kubernetes-auth-service.ts
index 1f4ec1e11..237687982 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/identity-kubernetes-auth/identity-kubernetes-auth-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/identity-kubernetes-auth/identity-kubernetes-auth-service.ts
@@ -198,26 +198,23 @@ export const identityKubernetesAuthServiceFactory = ({
     if (!identity) throw new UnauthorizedError({ message: "Identity not found" });
 
     const org = await orgDAL.findById(identity.orgId);
-    const isSubOrg = Boolean(org.rootOrgId);
+    const isSubOrgIdentity = Boolean(org.rootOrgId);
 
-    const rootOrgId = isSubOrg ? org.rootOrgId || org.id : org.id;
+    // If the identity is a sub-org identity, then the scope is always the org.id, and if it's a root org identity, then we need to resolve the scope if a subOrganizationName is specified
+    let subOrganizationId = isSubOrgIdentity ? org.id : null;
 
-    // Resolve sub-organization if specified
-    let scopeOrgId = rootOrgId;
     if (subOrganizationName) {
-      const subOrg = await orgDAL.findOne({ slug: subOrganizationName });
+      if (!isSubOrgIdentity) {
+        const subOrg = await orgDAL.findOne({ rootOrgId: org.id, slug: subOrganizationName });
 
-      if (subOrg) {
-        if (subOrg.rootOrgId === rootOrgId) {
-          // Verify identity has membership in the sub-organization
+        if (subOrg) {
           const subOrgMembership = await membershipIdentityDAL.findOne({
             scope: AccessScope.Organization,
             actorIdentityId: identity.id,
             scopeOrgId: subOrg.id
           });
-
           if (subOrgMembership) {
-            scopeOrgId = subOrg.id;
+            subOrganizationId = subOrg.id;
           }
         }
       }
@@ -512,7 +509,7 @@ export const identityKubernetesAuthServiceFactory = ({
             accessTokenNumUses: 0,
             accessTokenNumUsesLimit: identityKubernetesAuth.accessTokenNumUsesLimit,
             authMethod: IdentityAuthMethod.KUBERNETES_AUTH,
-            scopeOrgId
+            subOrganizationId
           },
           tx
         );
diff --git a/backend/src/services/identity-ldap-auth/identity-ldap-auth-service.ts b/backend/src/services/identity-ldap-auth/identity-ldap-auth-service.ts
index f84f95839..1b82837b7 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/identity-ldap-auth/identity-ldap-auth-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/identity-ldap-auth/identity-ldap-auth-service.ts
@@ -167,30 +167,28 @@ export const identityLdapAuthServiceFactory = ({
     if (!identity) throw new UnauthorizedError({ message: "Identity not found" });
 
     const org = await orgDAL.findById(identity.orgId);
-    const isSubOrg = Boolean(org.rootOrgId);
+    const isSubOrgIdentity = Boolean(org.rootOrgId);
 
-    const rootOrgId = isSubOrg ? org.rootOrgId || org.id : org.id;
+    // If the identity is a sub-org identity, then the scope is always the org.id, and if it's a root org identity, then we need to resolve the scope if a subOrganizationName is specified
+    let subOrganizationId = isSubOrgIdentity ? org.id : null;
 
-    // Resolve sub-organization if specified
-    let scopeOrgId = rootOrgId;
     if (subOrganizationName) {
-      const subOrg = await orgDAL.findOne({ slug: subOrganizationName });
+      if (!isSubOrgIdentity) {
+        const subOrg = await orgDAL.findOne({ rootOrgId: org.id, slug: subOrganizationName });
 
-      if (subOrg) {
-        if (subOrg.rootOrgId === rootOrgId) {
-          // Verify identity has membership in the sub-organization
+        if (subOrg) {
           const subOrgMembership = await membershipIdentityDAL.findOne({
             scope: AccessScope.Organization,
             actorIdentityId: identity.id,
             scopeOrgId: subOrg.id
           });
-
           if (subOrgMembership) {
-            scopeOrgId = subOrg.id;
+            subOrganizationId = subOrg.id;
           }
         }
       }
     }
+
     const plan = await licenseService.getPlan(identity.orgId);
     if (!plan.ldap) {
       throw new BadRequestError({
@@ -229,7 +227,7 @@ export const identityLdapAuthServiceFactory = ({
             accessTokenNumUses: 0,
             accessTokenNumUsesLimit: identityLdapAuth.accessTokenNumUsesLimit,
             authMethod: IdentityAuthMethod.LDAP_AUTH,
-            scopeOrgId
+            subOrganizationId
           },
           tx
         );
diff --git a/backend/src/services/identity-oci-auth/identity-oci-auth-service.ts b/backend/src/services/identity-oci-auth/identity-oci-auth-service.ts
index 3daa9c754..e17aa6ce6 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/identity-oci-auth/identity-oci-auth-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/identity-oci-auth/identity-oci-auth-service.ts
@@ -76,30 +76,28 @@ export const identityOciAuthServiceFactory = ({
     if (!identity) throw new UnauthorizedError({ message: "Identity not found" });
 
     const org = await orgDAL.findById(identity.orgId);
-    const isSubOrg = Boolean(org.rootOrgId);
+    const isSubOrgIdentity = Boolean(org.rootOrgId);
 
-    const rootOrgId = isSubOrg ? org.rootOrgId || org.id : org.id;
+    // If the identity is a sub-org identity, then the scope is always the org.id, and if it's a root org identity, then we need to resolve the scope if a subOrganizationName is specified
+    let subOrganizationId = isSubOrgIdentity ? org.id : null;
 
-    // Resolve sub-organization if specified
-    let scopeOrgId = rootOrgId;
     if (subOrganizationName) {
-      const subOrg = await orgDAL.findOne({ slug: subOrganizationName });
+      if (!isSubOrgIdentity) {
+        const subOrg = await orgDAL.findOne({ rootOrgId: org.id, slug: subOrganizationName });
 
-      if (subOrg) {
-        if (subOrg.rootOrgId === rootOrgId) {
-          // Verify identity has membership in the sub-organization
+        if (subOrg) {
           const subOrgMembership = await membershipIdentityDAL.findOne({
             scope: AccessScope.Organization,
             actorIdentityId: identity.id,
             scopeOrgId: subOrg.id
           });
-
           if (subOrgMembership) {
-            scopeOrgId = subOrg.id;
+            subOrganizationId = subOrg.id;
           }
         }
       }
     }
+
     try {
       // Validate OCI host format. Ensures that the host is in "identity.<region>.oraclecloud.com" format.
       if (!headers.host || !new RE2("^identity\\.([a-z]{2}-[a-z]+-[1-9])\\.oraclecloud\\.com$").test(headers.host)) {
@@ -162,7 +160,7 @@ export const identityOciAuthServiceFactory = ({
             accessTokenNumUses: 0,
             accessTokenNumUsesLimit: identityOciAuth.accessTokenNumUsesLimit,
             authMethod: IdentityAuthMethod.OCI_AUTH,
-            scopeOrgId
+            subOrganizationId
           },
           tx
         );
diff --git a/backend/src/services/identity-oidc-auth/identity-oidc-auth-service.ts b/backend/src/services/identity-oidc-auth/identity-oidc-auth-service.ts
index d47bca36d..06b385523 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/identity-oidc-auth/identity-oidc-auth-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/identity-oidc-auth/identity-oidc-auth-service.ts
@@ -87,30 +87,28 @@ export const identityOidcAuthServiceFactory = ({
     if (!identity) throw new UnauthorizedError({ message: "Identity not found" });
 
     const org = await orgDAL.findById(identity.orgId);
-    const isSubOrg = Boolean(org.rootOrgId);
+    const isSubOrgIdentity = Boolean(org.rootOrgId);
 
-    const rootOrgId = isSubOrg ? org.rootOrgId || org.id : org.id;
+    // If the identity is a sub-org identity, then the scope is always the org.id, and if it's a root org identity, then we need to resolve the scope if a subOrganizationName is specified
+    let subOrganizationId = isSubOrgIdentity ? org.id : null;
 
-    // Resolve sub-organization if specified
-    let scopeOrgId = rootOrgId;
     if (subOrganizationName) {
-      const subOrg = await orgDAL.findOne({ slug: subOrganizationName });
+      if (!isSubOrgIdentity) {
+        const subOrg = await orgDAL.findOne({ rootOrgId: org.id, slug: subOrganizationName });
 
-      if (subOrg) {
-        if (subOrg.rootOrgId === rootOrgId) {
-          // Verify identity has membership in the sub-organization
+        if (subOrg) {
           const subOrgMembership = await membershipIdentityDAL.findOne({
             scope: AccessScope.Organization,
             actorIdentityId: identity.id,
             scopeOrgId: subOrg.id
           });
-
           if (subOrgMembership) {
-            scopeOrgId = subOrg.id;
+            subOrganizationId = subOrg.id;
           }
         }
       }
     }
+
     try {
       const { decryptor } = await kmsService.createCipherPairWithDataKey({
         type: KmsDataKey.Organization,
@@ -339,7 +337,7 @@ export const identityOidcAuthServiceFactory = ({
             accessTokenNumUses: 0,
             accessTokenNumUsesLimit: identityOidcAuth.accessTokenNumUsesLimit,
             authMethod: IdentityAuthMethod.OIDC_AUTH,
-            scopeOrgId
+            subOrganizationId
           },
           tx
         );
diff --git a/backend/src/services/identity-tls-cert-auth/identity-tls-cert-auth-service.ts b/backend/src/services/identity-tls-cert-auth/identity-tls-cert-auth-service.ts
index 88d40fd8e..38b2bee73 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/identity-tls-cert-auth/identity-tls-cert-auth-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/identity-tls-cert-auth/identity-tls-cert-auth-service.ts
@@ -85,26 +85,23 @@ export const identityTlsCertAuthServiceFactory = ({
     if (!identity) throw new UnauthorizedError({ message: "Identity not found" });
 
     const org = await orgDAL.findById(identity.orgId);
-    const isSubOrg = Boolean(org.rootOrgId);
+    const isSubOrgIdentity = Boolean(org.rootOrgId);
 
-    const rootOrgId = isSubOrg ? org.rootOrgId || org.id : org.id;
+    // If the identity is a sub-org identity, then the scope is always the org.id, and if it's a root org identity, then we need to resolve the scope if a subOrganizationName is specified
+    let subOrganizationId = isSubOrgIdentity ? org.id : null;
 
-    // Resolve sub-organization if specified
-    let scopeOrgId = rootOrgId;
     if (subOrganizationName) {
-      const subOrg = await orgDAL.findOne({ slug: subOrganizationName });
+      if (!isSubOrgIdentity) {
+        const subOrg = await orgDAL.findOne({ rootOrgId: org.id, slug: subOrganizationName });
 
-      if (subOrg) {
-        if (subOrg.rootOrgId === rootOrgId) {
-          // Verify identity has membership in the sub-organization
+        if (subOrg) {
           const subOrgMembership = await membershipIdentityDAL.findOne({
             scope: AccessScope.Organization,
             actorIdentityId: identity.id,
             scopeOrgId: subOrg.id
           });
-
           if (subOrgMembership) {
-            scopeOrgId = subOrg.id;
+            subOrganizationId = subOrg.id;
           }
         }
       }
@@ -186,7 +183,7 @@ export const identityTlsCertAuthServiceFactory = ({
             accessTokenNumUses: 0,
             accessTokenNumUsesLimit: identityTlsCertAuth.accessTokenNumUsesLimit,
             authMethod: IdentityAuthMethod.TLS_CERT_AUTH,
-            scopeOrgId
+            subOrganizationId
           },
           tx
         );
diff --git a/backend/src/services/identity-token-auth/identity-token-auth-service.ts b/backend/src/services/identity-token-auth/identity-token-auth-service.ts
index ff7dd9dfb..f36e8df5c 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/identity-token-auth/identity-token-auth-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/identity-token-auth/identity-token-auth-service.ts
@@ -505,26 +505,23 @@ export const identityTokenAuthServiceFactory = ({
     if (!identity) throw new UnauthorizedError({ message: "Identity not found" });
 
     const org = await orgDAL.findById(identity.orgId);
-    const isSubOrg = Boolean(org.rootOrgId);
+    const isSubOrgIdentity = Boolean(org.rootOrgId);
 
-    const rootOrgId = isSubOrg ? org.rootOrgId || org.id : org.id;
+    // If the identity is a sub-org identity, then the scope is always the org.id, and if it's a root org identity, then we need to resolve the scope if a subOrganizationName is specified
+    let subOrganizationId = isSubOrgIdentity ? org.id : null;
 
-    // Resolve sub-organization if specified
-    let scopeOrgId = rootOrgId;
     if (subOrganizationName) {
-      const subOrg = await orgDAL.findOne({ slug: subOrganizationName });
+      if (!isSubOrgIdentity) {
+        const subOrg = await orgDAL.findOne({ rootOrgId: org.id, slug: subOrganizationName });
 
-      if (subOrg) {
-        if (subOrg.rootOrgId === rootOrgId) {
-          // Verify identity has membership in the sub-organization
+        if (subOrg) {
           const subOrgMembership = await membershipIdentityDAL.findOne({
             scope: AccessScope.Organization,
             actorIdentityId: identity.id,
             scopeOrgId: subOrg.id
           });
-
           if (subOrgMembership) {
-            scopeOrgId = subOrg.id;
+            subOrganizationId = subOrg.id;
           }
         }
       }
@@ -557,7 +554,7 @@ export const identityTokenAuthServiceFactory = ({
           accessTokenNumUsesLimit: identityTokenAuth.accessTokenNumUsesLimit,
           name,
           authMethod: IdentityAuthMethod.TOKEN_AUTH,
-          scopeOrgId
+          subOrganizationId
         },
         tx
       );
diff --git a/backend/src/services/identity-ua/identity-ua-service.ts b/backend/src/services/identity-ua/identity-ua-service.ts
index 4ff1f6203..74d5c7d0f 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/identity-ua/identity-ua-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/identity-ua/identity-ua-service.ts
@@ -91,26 +91,23 @@ export const identityUaServiceFactory = ({
 
     const identity = await identityDAL.findById(identityUa.identityId);
     const org = await orgDAL.findById(identity.orgId);
-    const isSubOrg = Boolean(org.rootOrgId);
+    const isSubOrgIdentity = Boolean(org.rootOrgId);
 
-    const rootOrgId = isSubOrg ? org.rootOrgId || "" : org.id;
+    // If the identity is a sub-org identity, then the scope is always the org.id, and if it's a root org identity, then we need to resolve the scope if a subOrganizationName is specified
+    let subOrganizationId = isSubOrgIdentity ? org.id : null;
 
-    // Resolve sub-organization if specified
-    let scopeOrgId = rootOrgId;
     if (subOrganizationName) {
-      const subOrg = await orgDAL.findOne({ slug: subOrganizationName });
+      if (!isSubOrgIdentity) {
+        const subOrg = await orgDAL.findOne({ rootOrgId: org.id, slug: subOrganizationName });
 
-      if (subOrg) {
-        if (subOrg.rootOrgId === rootOrgId) {
-          // Verify identity has membership in the sub-organization
+        if (subOrg) {
           const subOrgMembership = await membershipIdentityDAL.findOne({
             scope: AccessScope.Organization,
             actorIdentityId: identity.id,
             scopeOrgId: subOrg.id
           });
-
           if (subOrgMembership) {
-            scopeOrgId = subOrg.id;
+            subOrganizationId = subOrg.id;
           }
         }
       }
@@ -284,7 +281,7 @@ export const identityUaServiceFactory = ({
             accessTokenNumUsesLimit: identityUa.accessTokenNumUsesLimit,
             accessTokenPeriod: identityUa.accessTokenPeriod,
             authMethod: IdentityAuthMethod.UNIVERSAL_AUTH,
-            scopeOrgId,
+            subOrganizationId,
             ...accessTokenTTLParams
           },
           tx