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    Cisco Duo - Essentials Edition

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    Duo stops identity-based threats and boosts workforce productivity. Our Continuous Identity Security solution provides the best access management experience across users, devices, and applications while incorporating identity visibility and context from multiple identity sources.
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    Cisco Duo - Essentials Edition

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    Overview

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    Duo stops identity-based threats and boosts workforce productivity. Our Continuous Identity Security solution provides the best access management experience across users, devices, and applications while incorporating identity visibility and context from multiple identity sources.

    With Duo Essentials edition, you get everything needed to enable your workforce and protect against threats with full-featured access management.

    Strong Multi-factor Authentication (MFA): Protect against stolen credentials and account takeover

    Push Phishing Protection: Prevent attackers from bypassing MFA using phishing-resistant FIDO2 authenticators or Verified Duo Push

    Passwordless Authentication: Securely log in without a password using Duo Mobile or FIDO2 authenticators

    Single Sign-On (SSO): Log in only once for secure access to multiple applications whether they are in the cloud or on-premises

    Trusted Endpoints: Create your own inventory of trusted devices and check each device is registered or managed before allowing access

    Before subscribing, you are required to sign up on the Duo website https://signup.duo.com  to create a Duo ID. For questions related to product, pricing or private offers, reach out to our team at sales@duo.com 

    Highlights

    • Modern Authentication: Take advantage of modern phishing-resistant authentication methods such as biometrics and security keys as opposed to traditional forms of authentication that could lead to a data breach.
    • Seamless, Secure Access: Increase productivity by providing employees, contractors, and partners with consistent, frictionless access to cloud and on-premises applications regardless of device type or management status.
    • Adaptive Behavior: Eliminate potential security gaps with vendor-agnostic security that easily adapts and responds to changes in user and device risk.

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    Cisco Duo - Essentials Edition

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    Pricing is based on the duration and terms of your contract with the vendor. This entitles you to a specified quantity of use for the contract duration. If you choose not to renew or replace your contract before it ends, access to these entitlements will expire.

    12-month contract (1)

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    Cost/12 months
    Duo Essentials
    per 50 users
    $1,800.00

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    Vendor support

    For support information please visit - https://duo.com/support 

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    Customer reviews

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    Overview

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    AI generated from product descriptions
    Multi-Factor Authentication
    Strong authentication mechanism to protect against stolen credentials and account takeover using multiple verification methods
    Passwordless Authentication
    Secure login without traditional passwords using mobile authenticators or FIDO2 authenticators
    Device Trust Management
    Create and manage an inventory of trusted endpoints, verifying device registration and management status before granting access
    Identity Context Integration
    Incorporate identity visibility and context from multiple identity sources for comprehensive access management
    Phishing Resistance
    Prevent authentication bypass through phishing-resistant methods like FIDO2 authenticators and verified push authentication
    Single Sign-On (SSO)
    Supports automatic user synchronization across multiple directories with one-click access to corporate applications across on-premises and cloud environments
    Multi-Factor Authentication
    Provides diverse authentication methods including passwordless, passkeys, one-time passcodes, push notifications, biometric data, and security keys with real-time reporting capabilities
    Identity Lifecycle Management
    Enables role-based user provisioning with least-privileged access controls and automated user management workflows
    Context-Aware Authentication
    Implements multi-layer, risk-based protection with adaptive authentication mechanisms to minimize common security attacks
    Cloud Directory Integration
    Supports integration with external directories including Active Directory, LDAP, G Suite, and provides secure cloud-based user and access management
    Identity Threat Detection
    Advanced discovery and intelligence system for detecting identity-based threats across infrastructure
    Privileged Access Management
    Comprehensive control and management of privileged passwords, accounts, credentials, and sessions for human and machine identities
    Remote Access Security
    Granular control, management, and auditing of privileged remote access for employees, vendors, developers, and cloud operations engineers
    Endpoint Privilege Control
    Dynamic least privilege enforcement across Windows, macOS, Linux, and mobile platforms to prevent malware and unauthorized access
    Cloud Entitlement Management
    Cross-cloud visibility of access permissions, detection of account permission anomalies, and guidance for privilege optimization

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    391 external reviews
    External reviews are sourced from G2  and are not included in the star rating for this product.
    Lingeshwaran S.

    Secure and Seamless Multi-Factor Authentication

    Reviewed on Feb 18, 2025
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    Cisco duo provides MFA, SSO and more security features.
    What do you dislike about the product?
    As of now nothing to dislike in cisco DUO
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    Duo provides the MFA for the more integrity on the Application, System login and Desktop login and etc, So the unauthorized users will not be authenticated into the network or appliction.
    Ema B.

    Duo for easy account security

    Reviewed on Jan 29, 2025
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    When you implement several solutions to cCisco Duo, not only you get an easy access to them, but also ease of use.
    You dont have to authenticate with all of your solution in browser, if you do one Duo will recognize and not ask for push notification anymore.
    What do you dislike about the product?
    Cisco Duo sometimes lags with push notifications to the device.
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    Integrating all my buisness solutions in one product for access and authentication.
    Higher Education

    Annoying

    Reviewed on Jan 21, 2025
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    I hate using Duo. I get the need for it, but hate using it.
    What do you dislike about the product?
    I hate having to do this for every single program every time I log into something all day long.
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    Security
    Furqan B.

    Cisco duo

    Reviewed on Nov 24, 2024
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    It help to configure two factors authentication IT easy to manage
    What do you dislike about the product?
    There is no documentation how we will integrate duo with openldap
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    We are using for mfa it's very beneficial for user authentication
    Information Technology and Services

    My experience with Cisco duo

    Reviewed on Nov 05, 2024
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    This is one of the safest and user friendly MFA solution in the market. This is straightforward and user friendly that makes authentication easy for end users and the it admins. It provides strong security. It is highly adaptable and provides multiple choices of authentication like duo push, OTP, tokens and bio metrics. It's ease of integration and scalability.
    What do you dislike about the product?
    Cisco duo is a solid MFA solution and is one of the best in the market, however the only thing I dislike is the limited offline options despite of multiple online options.
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    Easy and straightforward authentication steps. Greater security. Protection from various account enumeration and phishing attacks. User friendly policies. It also ensures device trust. Great customer service.
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