Category: The Duo Blog

5 Actions to Comply with NCSC’s New BYOD Rules

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog We recently explored in the blog the National Cyber Security Center’s (NCSC) newly revised Cyber Essentials scheme, and how its specific post-pandemic “Bring Your Own Device” policies have led to some…

Going Passwordless With py_webauthn

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog Would you like to drop passwords completely from your users’ sign-in experience? With the right settings, the WebAuthn API can easily give you strong assurance that a user is who they…

BYOD 2.0: Meeting the New Cyber Essentials Requirements

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog Part of Government Communications Headquarters, the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC), recently revised its approach to its Cyber Essentials scheme with emphasis on how UK firms of all sizes and all…

Ransomware: An Increasing, But Preventable Threat

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog Ransomware continues to grab headlines — from a recent attack on the San Francisco 49ers’ network to increasing efforts by the IRS to trace dark money and help bring ransomware gangs…

5 Things Retailers Should Know About Cybersecurity

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog With growing concerns around security, ransomware and retail breaches, there are a few key considerations that retailers should keep in mind when it comes to protecting their organizations. First, a Quick…

What’s New in the Federal Zero Trust Strategy?

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog Where the Federal government goes, other parts of the private sector follow. So it was good to see that in response to last May’s Executive Order 14028, the Office of Management…

Salesforce Recommends Duo to Meet New MFA Requirement

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog Salesforce is putting new policies in place next month to better protect their customers and keep their data secure. Starting February 1, the leading customer relationship management company will require all…

New Duo Feature Lets Users Skip the VPN Hassle

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog It’s a new ending to a familiar story of frustration for users trying to access internal company resources.  The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) feature for the Duo Network Gateway prompts users…

Duo Passwordless Public Preview is Here

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog Passwordless is a sea change in authentication. We’ve spent the last 60 years relying on shared secrets to access digital resources and moving away from that is no small task. However,…

Duo Passwordless Public Preview is Here

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog Passwordless is a sea change in authentication. We’ve spent the last 60 years relying on shared secrets to access digital resources and moving away from that is no small task. However,…

Top 5 Considerations for Single Sign-On (SSO)

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog Why You Need Single Sign-On (SSO) Today’s workforce leverages many applications. The average employee has access to 35 unique apps, while some organizations manage hundreds. Organizations of all sizes must manage…

How Passwordless Can Elevate Higher Education

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog Passwordless authentication is one of the biggest trends in security this year. From the largest of software providers to the smallest of startups, everyone is adding their voice to the chorus…

Want Passwordless to Succeed? Make It Easy

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog The Promise of Passwordless If you’ve been following the evolution of passwordless, you’ve likely read countless blog posts and whitepapers pondering the promise of this technology. The pitch is relatively simple:…

Windows Logon, Will You Remember Me?

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog Sarah McLachlan, a sage of our time, once opined, “I will remember you. Will you remember me?” and for the longest time Duo for Windows Logon replied, “No.” Today, weep not…

What’s the Buzz on Passwordless?

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog The passwordless future is sooner than you think. At Duo, we’re building a passwordless authentication solution that’s as easy to set up as it is to use – with our world-class…

Duo Makes Verifying Device Trust as Easy as 1-2-3

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog “There are primarily three ways you can authenticate someone: with their username and password, with two-factor authentication, and with a company-supplied device that you can trace. For most stuff, you should…

Adopting OIDC Standard For MFA

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog This blog is part of an ongoing blog series for Duo’s Universal Prompt Project. The project is a major re-architecture and redesign of the Duo multi-factor authentication experience. In this post,…

Black Hat 2021: Better Than Ever (As Always)

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog You can always expect certain things at the height of a Las Vegas summer: sunshine, sweltering heat, and Hacker Summer Camp. While last year was different because most of the events…

The Doctor, the Hospital & the Ransomware

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog The insidious nature of malicious software has not been lost on any of us. Computers and networks have been dealing with malware in one form or another for decades. Though in…

Securing Government Agencies: Essential Eight and Other Efforts

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog Four years ago, the Australian Signals Directorate created the “Essential Eight” — recommendations to secure federal entities and improve cybersecurity protections. This month, the Attorney General’s Department announced plans to extend…

What the Pandemic Taught Me About Leadership

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog When COVID hit, as a leader working remotely at Cisco, I immediately started thinking about my team. How would we handle working together through quarantine? How do successful managers operate during…

One Year as Duo’s First Content Designer

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog Approximately one year ago, I was hired as Duo’s first Content Designer. You might be thinking: what is Content Design at Duo? It’s designing in words, concepts, systems and terminology, voice…

One Year as Duo’s First Content Designer

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog Approximately one year ago, I was hired as Duo’s first Content Designer. You might be thinking: what is Content Design at Duo? It’s designing in words, concepts, systems and terminology, voice…

Leveraging Duo Trust Monitor to Detect Push Phishing

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog Security controls can sometimes be double-edged swords. The obvious benefits can be slightly reversed if the control isn’t managed or practiced properly. To illustrate the point, think about placing a defensive…

Redesigning UI – The Duo Mobile App, What’s New

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog In early 2019, we embarked on a project to improve the Duo Mobile user authentication experience. It was a daunting task, considering we haven’t changed the Duo Mobile application in over…

What is Cyber Liability Insurance?

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog While the risk of an employee clicking on a foreign prince’s secret gold offer may be past us, modern-day technologies have evolved and expanded in today’s remote work and IoT-connected settings.…

Growing Security Safely in Canada

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog No one could have foreseen the changes to the workplace that occured over the past year. The need to rapidly switch to remote work environments created pressure for IT teams worldwide,…

How Collaboration Happens at Duo

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog Follow the lives of three Duo designers as they work together to turn a user insight into a product update by sharing discoveries, embracing creativity, and making connections. Part 1: Andrea…

How Collaboration Happens at Duo

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog Follow the lives of three Duo designers as they work together to turn a user insight into a product update by sharing discoveries, embracing creativity, and making connections. Part 1: Andrea…

Trusting Remote Work Security in Higher Education

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog When a security leader creates a security program, conventional wisdom says that they should align that program to the institution’s mission. That the purpose of security is to “enable the business”…

Duo Has Completed a Type 1 C5 Attestation!

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog We are pleased to announce Duo has completed a Type 1 C5 attestation! Germany has provided the world with so many fantastic inventions: Aspirin, The Settlers of Catan board game, the…

Verizon’s 2021 DBIR Report: Same, Same, but Different

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog Verizon just released its 14th edition of the Verizon Data Breach Incident Report (DBIR) covering 2020’s foray into cybersecurity. Most of the top incident threats mirror last year’s report, with an…

Verizon’s 2021 DBIR Report: Same, Same, but Different

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog Verizon just released its 14th edition of the Verizon Data Breach Incident Report (DBIR) covering 2020’s foray into cybersecurity. Most of the top incident threats mirror last year’s report, with an…

Cybersecurity Executive Order Observations

This article has been indexed from The Duo Blog If you are an avid follower of current events in the infosecurity space, you will be aware of a number of recent high profile cybersecurity events, particularly in the United States.…

Incremental Deliverables From a Quality Perspective

The Journey to Testing Improvements Pass or Fail. That is the world most people in the software quality domain live in. Things are either broken or not. Sometimes they are in between those states, however they almost always lean either…

Cisco Secure Democratizes Extension Security for Firefox and Edge

Two years ago, we released CRXcavator (pronounced crux-cavator), a free tool that examines the security hygiene and risks of Chrome extensions, looking at criteria such as permissions and security policy, and empowers users to make informed decisions about the extensions they use. Originally released…

Cisco Secure Democratizes Extension Security for Firefox and Edge

Two years ago, we released CRXcavator (pronounced crux-cavator), a free tool that examines the security hygiene and risks of Chrome extensions, looking at criteria such as permissions and security policy, and empowers users to make informed decisions about the extensions they use. Originally released…

Why Duo Security Is a Great Place To Work

Read the original article: Why Duo Security Is a Great Place To Work Do you know Duo Security? Although I heard and remember seeing their booth at RSA and Black Hat events over the years, I wasn’t aware of what…

The 2021 Two-Factor Evaluation Guide Is Here!

Read the original article: The 2021 Two-Factor Evaluation Guide Is Here! When it is time to evaluate 2FA (two-factor authentication) providers there are some key questions to ask your vendors to determine which solution is best for your needs. Two-factor…

How To Achieve Device Visibility & Control With Ease

Read the original article: How To Achieve Device Visibility & Control With Ease Duo introduced Device Health App in November 2019 with the goal to close the secure access management gap between user identities and endpoints. Duo Device Health App…

RSA Conference 2021: Resilience

Read the original article: RSA Conference 2021: Resilience With everything that’s happened in the last year, we’ve all learned some valuable lessons about dealing with change head on. That’s why the theme for this year’s RSA Conference 2021 is so…

Duo’s Passwordless Authentication is Coming!

Read the original article: Duo’s Passwordless Authentication is Coming! And lo! Passwords have been with us since the early days. When the number of computers on the internet could be counted with two hands, there was the password. When we…

Duo’s Passwordless Authentication is Coming!

Read the original article: Duo’s Passwordless Authentication is Coming! And lo! Passwords have been with us since the early days. When the number of computers on the internet could be counted with two hands, there was the password. When we…

(VIDEO) Getting Started With Duo – Step 5: Adding Users

Read the original article: (VIDEO) Getting Started With Duo – Step 5: Adding Users At Duo, we combine security expertise with a user-centered philosophy to provide two-factor authentication, endpoint remediation and secure single sign-on tools for the modern era. It’s…

Duo Celebrates Women’s History Month

Read the original article: Duo Celebrates Women’s History Month A Women’s History Celebration March 1st kicked off the celebration of one half of the population, women! Women have come a long baby, and we aren’t finished yet. There are new…