No one wants to find out the hard way that they have fallen for a phishing scam. There is no shortage of characters on the internet that are more than happy to separate you from your hard-earned money or even worse. They could potentially steal your house right from under you. No one ever thinks it will happen to them but, time and again it appears that empirical evidence points to the contrary. Over time, phishing attacks have evolved to the point where there are now full-fledged tool suites that are available for testers…and attackers alike.

When you’re using a website that you are conducting business with, check to see if they offer a two-factor authentication (2FA) option.  Attackers understand human nature well enough that when they compromise a website they will take the pilfered credentials and test them against other websites. The rationale here is that people will reuse passwords on multiple sites.

Cisco DUO is a multi-factor authentication solution that isn’t a pain in the neck to roll out. Duo can be added to any existing environment or platform, and its self-enrollment feature makes it easy for users to get set up without having to seek help.

DUO enables you to provision users quickly allowing your users to sign up and enroll their own devices for two-factor authentication, with no training needed. The benefits include:

• Users can choose their preferred authentication method (SMS passcodes, push notifications, etc.).
• Administrators can send out links via email to initiate the self-enrollment process.
• Save your help desk’s support time by guiding users through their own device setup.

Save yourself training and support time by enabling Duo’s Self-Service Portal for users to manage their own devices. Users can easily:

• Enroll an additional phone or tablet for authentication.
• Reactivate Duo Mobile on an existing phone number (convenient for upgrades).
• Create custom names for devices.
• Set default devices or remove existing devices.
• Change their authentication preferences by canceling a login request and choosing a new method.

Administrators can enable the self-service portal for selected web integrations. This feature is available for all Duo MFA accounts.

Duo's cloud-based SSO is designed to complement our multi-factor authentication solution — but our zero-trust platform integrates with dozens of other SSO and identity provider tools, allowing you to secure application access in the way that works best for your business.

Duo’s SSO easily integrates with identity managers like Microsoft’s Active Directory, Azure Active Directory and Okta, so there’s no need to rip and replace any of your existing security architecture. You can easily activate Duo SSO, choose your identity provider, and set up the applications you’d like to protect, all straight from your administrator dashboard — no complicated installations required.

Deployment is relatively simple, we deploy the cloud instance of Cisco DUO portal.  Once completed we embark on an initial business application and pilot group of users.  Once we have completed the pilot the rest of the organisation can be onboarded at a pace your business sets, including the rest of the business applications.