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MFA and zero-trust access: the identity verified at every access, for all the apps — active in days, loved by users.

FOCUS · THE MFA PEOPLE USEPush, passwordless and device trust: password theft made useless
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01 · What it is

Cisco Duo, made clear.

Duo puts strong verification in front of everything: VPN, desktops, web and legacy apps — with the push on the phone you approve in one tap, or passwordless with biometrics. And it checks the device too: patches, encryption and health verified before letting in. Credential theft stops being enough.

Push
MFA in one tap: the security users don't hate
Passwordless
biometrics and passkeys: the password that disappears entirely
Device trust
the non-compliant PC doesn't get in: the access evaluates the machine too
Cisco Duo
OFFICIAL CISCO BRANDING · DUO
INTERFACCIA REALE · DUO PUSH · FONTE: CISCO DUO
REAL INTERFACE · DUO PUSH · SOURCE: CISCO DUO
02 · How to use it well

The things that make the difference.

Every access, verified

Apps: VPN, web, desktop, legacyeverything that asks for a login
MFA push
Passwordless
Device posture
who you are · without a password · with what device
Adaptive policiesrisk, geography, network
The existing directoryAD/Entra: no upheavals
Zero trust, starting from identity

Total coverage

MFA counts if it's EVERYWHERE: we inventory the accesses and close the legacy too (RDP, VPN, servers).

A painless rollout

Self-enrollment and communication: thousands of users activated without revolts.

Adaptive policies

The risk modulates the request: the usual access is smooth, the anomalous is challenged.

The insurance requirement

Cyber insurance now demands it: Duo is the fast, documentable answer.

03 · In depth

Phishing-resistant MFA and conditional access

Duo verifies user and device at every access: push with verified number matching, phishing-resistant passkeys/FIDO2, Device Health checks patches, encryption and agents before granting, the adaptive policies dose the friction (known network=go, anomalous geography=step-up), Trust Monitor flags suspicious accesses, Passport reduces the repeated prompts; the integrated SSO federates the apps and the Duo Network Gateway opens the internal ones without a VPN.

  • Verified push — the code to type into the prompt: push-bombing neutralized
  • Passkey/FIDO2 — the MFA phishing can't intercept: where it counts, mandatory
  • Device Health — patches, encryption, biometrics: the device evaluated at access
  • Adaptive policies — friction proportional to the risk: security without revolts
  • Trust Monitor — the anomalous accesses flagged: the compromise seen early
  • DNG — the internal apps via browser, without a VPN: soft zero trust
04 · Numbers and lifecycle

The numbers that matter.

min
the per-app deploy: Duo is famous for this
99,9%
of the accounts protected from takeover with MFA
0
passwords with passwordless at full speed
cyber-polizza
the MFA the insurers ask for: requirement covered
The right MFA is the one that gets used: rollout in waves, adaptive policies and passwordless — the identity armored without friction.
05 · Use cases

Where it really pays off.

VPN and RDP protection

Ransomware's favorite doors, double-locked.

NIS2 compliance

Strong authentication with the evidence.

Mergers and consultants

The externals inside, but verified.

The passwords are already stolen — all of them: with Duo they're no longer enough. You start in a week.