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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 contract duration. You pay upfront or in installments according to your contract terms 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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    Duo Essentials
    per 50 users
    $1,800.00

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

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    Overview

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    Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
    Provide consistent, frictionless access to cloud and on-premises applications for different user groups and device types (laptops, desktop, mobile, personal and corporate-owned) through a broad range of authentication methods including Duo Push, biometrics, security keys, and more.
    Adaptive Access Policies
    Verify identity in seconds. Ensure users are who they say they are at every access attempt, and regularly reaffirm their trustworthiness. Set adaptive security policies tailored to your organization.
    Single Sign-On (SSO)
    Give your users an easy way to locate all of their cloud applications from a single portal with Duo's cloud-based secure single sign-on (SSO).
    Trusted Endpoints
    Block access from unknown devices and only allow trusted devices to gain access to resources.
    Device Insight
    View a dashboard of all devices accessing applications, within the Duo Admin Panel.
    Single Sign-On (SSO)
    Automatically sync users across multiple directories in minutes to enable one-click access to all corporate applications, whether on-prem or in the cloud, and enforce strong security policies, plus self-service password reset.
    Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
    Supports many authentication methods, including passwordless, passkeys, one-time passcodes, push notifications, biometric data, security keys and more. With real-time reporting and monitoring capabilities, gain insights into authentication events, enabling proactive detection and response to potential security incidents.
    Advanced Directory
    Acts as your secure directory in the cloud with an intuitive web-based interface that allows you to manage users, their manager relationship, authentication policies and access controls.
    Provisioning
    Provision users with granular access permissions into the AWS Console/CLI or directly to AWS services
    Cloud Infrastructure Integration
    Extend security controls across your cloud infrastructure by leveraging pre-built integrations with Amazon Control Tower, AWS IAM, AWS SSO, Amazon Cognito, and Amazon EventBridge
    Cloud Directory Platform
    Centralize access across all identities with integrations to AWS Identity Center, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Active Directory, HRIS platforms, and network infrastructure resources
    Single Sign-On (SSO) & Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
    Provide frictionless, secure access to AWS resources and over 900 pre-built applications with automated user provisioning to Amazon IAM Identity Center and group-based permissions
    Cross-OS Server & Device Management
    Deploy, manage, and remotely assist Windows, macOS and iOS, Linux and AWS Linux AMIs, and Android servers and corporate devices from a single cloud platform
    Passwordless Access
    Enable phishing-resistant, one-click user access via JumpCloud Go
    Conditional Access
    Ensure that only specific users working on trusted devices and networks can access AWS resources with complete IAM, device management, and enhanced access controls

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    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.
    lakshita m.

    Best User friendly interface

    Reviewed on Sep 26, 2024
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    It has multi factor authentication ensuring security. Secondly, User friendly interface and lastly broad integration with VPN's
    What do you dislike about the product?
    It is very expensive for large no. Of users in a business. Secondly, it has linited features on free plan. Lakstly, it has limited offline functionality.
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    It is preventing unauthorized access to verify identity of user and lastly, mitigating phishing and social engineering attacks
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