Duo's Security Blog

MARCH 30, 2021

When the number of computers on the internet could be counted with two hands, there was the password. Lo was the first word sent across the internet. What’s Coming I’m excited to share that Cisco is announcing Duo’s passwordless authentication. Workforces are ready for passwordless authentication.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 24, 2022

Yet, the tech titans recently agreed to adopt a common set of standards supporting passwordless access to websites and apps. Perhaps not coincidently, it comes at a time when enterprises have begun adopting passwordless authentication systems in mission-critical parts of their internal operations. Security + efficiency.

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Enabling multi-factor authentication 3. Updating software Cisco Duo is all about cybersecurity, so every week we’re going to publish a blog focused on those respective topics. Overview We use passwords to access computers, to access personal web applications over the internet, or to access business applications.

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Duo's Security Blog

MAY 4, 2023

Our documentary, “ The Life and Death of Passwords ,” explores with industry experts the history of passwords, why passwords have become less effective over time, and how trust is established in a passwordless future. The problems with passwords Chrysta: Why was passwordless needed in the first place? See the video at the blog post.

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In November 2022, we announced the general availability of Duo Passwordless. With this release, many high security and low friction authentication methods were made available. Duo understands that organizations are at varying levels of modernization and may still depend on the use of MFA for some or all their applications.

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Duo's Security Blog

JANUARY 21, 2021

There will be spoilers ahead, both for the year to come and for the cyberpunk cult classic. Any Device, Any Location, Any Service From Beijing to Newark, Johnny accesses the Internet from borrowed computers and back alleys. In fact, it’s very common to deploy Duo and find people are using many more personal devices than expected.

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Duo's Security Blog

JULY 1, 2021

Part of our Administrator's Guide to Passwordless blog series See the video at the blog post. The most critical difference is the context in which it is used for authentication in WebAuthn. The only way to unlock the credential is for the user to locally, often physically, interact with the authenticator device and enter the PIN.

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