diff --git a/backend/src/ee/services/permission/permission-fns.ts b/backend/src/ee/services/permission/permission-fns.ts
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+++ b/backend/src/ee/services/permission/permission-fns.ts
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+import { UnauthorizedError } from "@app/lib/errors";
+import { ActorAuthMethod, AuthMethod } from "@app/services/auth/auth-type";
+
+function isAuthMethodSaml(actorAuthMethod: ActorAuthMethod) {
+  if (!actorAuthMethod) return false;
+
+  return [AuthMethod.AZURE_SAML, AuthMethod.OKTA_SAML, AuthMethod.JUMPCLOUD_SAML, AuthMethod.GOOGLE_SAML].includes(
+    actorAuthMethod
+  );
+}
+
+function validateOrgSAML(actorAuthMethod: ActorAuthMethod, isSamlEnforced?: boolean | null) {
+  if (actorAuthMethod === undefined) {
+    throw new UnauthorizedError({ name: "No auth method defined" });
+  }
+
+  if (isSamlEnforced && actorAuthMethod !== null && !isAuthMethodSaml(actorAuthMethod)) {
+    throw new UnauthorizedError({ name: "Cannot access org-scoped resource" });
+  }
+}
+
+export { isAuthMethodSaml, validateOrgSAML };