We have been using Duo Security for authentication in our in-house sales operations technologies. Therefore, as a Cisco partner, we regularly recommend Cisco Duo Security to our customers to help secure their VPN environments or connectivity to business-critical systems.

For our customers, Duo Security is a significant advantage because it provides them with a straightforward method to implement MFA across their entire environment. Moreover, once we delve into the more advanced features of Duo Security, it enables us as a partner to engage in ongoing discussions regarding security strategies with our customers. Initially, we may only introduce them to MFA during the onboarding process. However, as their security strategy evolves, we can leverage Duo to perform additional tasks such as risk-based assessments and deployments, thereby assisting in the development of their security measures.

Duo Security helps secure our infrastructure. It serves as our gateway layer of protection, allowing us to understand who is logging in and why. We conduct risk-based assessments on each user to determine whether their actions are appropriate or not. Duo Security is not a comprehensive security solution, but it is undoubtedly a crucial component, a critical layer of security. This aspect resonates with our customers consistently.

Their ability to reduce the risk of a breach is of utmost importance. It serves as the primary line of defense. Currently, credential gathering and leaks are widespread in the market. By implementing an MFA solution like Duo Security, we can effectively prevent these issues. When we put a stop to credential harvesting, it becomes much harder for attackers to infiltrate and navigate our network. Therefore, Duo Security acts as an excellent first line of defense.

User authentication and device verification are the methods through which we envision our customers navigating in order to prevent identity-based attacks. Initially, when we employ Duo Security, it is a straightforward implementation of multi-factor authentication. As we progress, we enhance security measures by incorporating device risk assessment and potentially even regional assessment. This includes considerations such as whether the login is being attempted from a specific IP address. These gradual enhancements contribute to the establishment of an additional layer of protection. Thus, it is not necessary to implement a completely disruptive strategy right from the start. Instead, it is possible to gradually adopt and integrate this approach, following a crawl, walk, or run methodology.

The Duo Security self-service portal helps free up our customers' IT staff time, allowing them to focus on other projects. As a Cisco partner, we have received feedback from our customers that the portal is highly interactive, enabling them to easily navigate and resolve issues. After setting up their Duo environment, we rarely receive callbacks for assistance, as the portal is intuitive and empowers users to handle everything they need on their own.

The appealing aspect of Duo Security is its ability to establish trust for every access request, regardless of its origin. It is a cloud-based solution with excellent API integrations. It doesn't matter where or how a user logs in; Duo will be there to protect the user, whether it's through MFA, risk assessment, or similar methods.

It is extremely beneficial to our customers that Duo Security considers all resources as external. Our customers frequently inquire about a zero-trust model, and this is a key component of it. Unfortunately, I would love to say that there is a simple solution for zero trust where we can just deploy this solution and be done with it. But that's not the case. It requires a layered approach, and that's what we convey to our customers. Duo Security is definitely a part of that.

Duo Security has helped improve our customers' cybersecurity resilience. Internally, it protects our users from accessing sales operations-based environments. Additionally, our customers use it regularly to protect business-critical applications.

The ease of deploying Cisco Duo Security and onboarding has greatly benefited our customers. When they have the need or requirement to implement an MFA solution, being able to swiftly set up Cisco Duo Security is perhaps the fastest and simplest feature available.

There is always room for improvement. Duo Security is a great product in its current state. However, Cisco can further enhance the integrations, as they possess exceptional integrations with various providers' products and feature sets. They should continue to improve and expand these integrations to include more products. The more integrations they offer, the more advantageous it becomes for us as a Cisco partner to promote and sell their product.

I have been using Duo Security for one and a half years.

The stability has been excellent. I haven't heard of any issues, either internally or from our customers, regarding any problems with the Cisco Duo platform, the authentication VM, or anything of that nature.

Scalability is excellent. Being cloud-driven, our customers are not concerned. They can simply purchase licenses as they need them, and scale up or down as required. Typically, scaling up and scaling out is the norm. The flexible licensing model and cloud-based delivery enable this process.

Cisco support has consistently been exceptional, and Duo is no different. Although we seldom encounter issues, when we do, they usually relate to product integration or similar matters. However, these problems are never troublesome. The support documentation provided by Duo is superb, possibly even top-notch opinion. Therefore, even if we do experience an issue, more often than not, we can locate a solution within the existing documentation.

We have always used Duo Security internally. We have observed some of our customers replacing Microsoft Azure MFA with Duo Security due to its superior capabilities. Duo Security offers better compatibility and works seamlessly with various other vendors. Therefore, we have witnessed cases where customers replace their Azure MFA with Duo Security. In other instances, customers have chosen to complement Azure MFA with Duo Security. Some customers have investments in Microsoft that they do not want to lose, which is understandable. We acknowledge that fact. However, Duo Security is a highly complementary technology they may utilize for high-profile business applications or even VPN authentication. This is because it integrates well with their hardware or software.

The flexibility offered by Duo Security, its ease of operation, and the overall advantage of having the Cisco name behind it is significant. Knowing that Cisco is a global leader in security and backed by Cisco Talos is one of the primary reasons organizations make the switch. Consequently, it is straightforward to discuss with customers the benefits that Cisco brings to the table and how Duo Security can provide flexibility in their security strategies.

Deploying Duo Security is extremely easy. As a cloud-based solution, we can have services up and running within a day.

What we have observed from some of our customers is that having an MFA solution like Cisco Duo Security in place actually reduces their premiums for cybersecurity insurance. This means that investing in MFA provides an immediate return on investment, as they are guaranteed to recoup the money. Many cyber insurance companies now mandate the inclusion of MFA features. If we do not have MFA, we either have to pay higher premiums or risk not having coverage at all. Therefore, deploying Cisco Duo quickly and effortlessly offers an instant ROI for many of our customers, allowing them to obtain the necessary coverage from their cyber insurance carrier.

If we meet not only MFA solutions but also other criteria within the cybersecurity insurance industry, savings could be upwards of fifty percent on our premium. This is because, as we deploy more security solutions, our level of risk decreases, as observed by cybersecurity insurance companies. Consequently, we become a lower-risk customer, leading to reduced premiums. However, if we don't have some of these solutions in place, there are two significant risks: firstly, we may not be covered at all, which is a considerable risk; and secondly, if we are covered, our premiums will be exorbitantly high.

I believe the licensing model is excellent as it offers flexibility to our customers, allowing them to adopt a crawl, walk, or run approach. We don't have to sell the highest licensing feature set right from the beginning because they may not require it. Therefore, starting with the MFA license can be sufficient for them, as it helps onboard them and allows them to become comfortable with the solution. As they develop their strategy, we can gradually introduce them to different layers of Duo Security. This approach has been a successful business model for us.

I give Duo Security a nine out of ten.

For those who want to enhance their cybersecurity, Duo Security is an excellent initial step. It enables individuals to eliminate easily exploitable vulnerabilities and embark on their security strategy journey. This journey cannot be completed in a single day, but Duo will assist in taking that crucial first step.

For those currently evaluating Duo Security, I encourage them to take advantage of the free trial. They can sign up at little or no cost and try the product to assess its feature sets and availability. Utilize this opportunity to thoroughly test and explore the product and make use of the available documentation. It's an excellent method to gauge the capabilities of Duo Security.

We use Duo Security for authentication for all of our SaaS applications. We also use it for RADIUS authentication.

Duo Security makes logging into all our applications easy with one stop for all our activity there. We use Cisco across the board for networking, and we love Cisco.

Since Duo Security provides a single place to log in for our SaaS applications, we don't have to manage user accounts and remember passwords for each specific application.

Duo Security should better organize its tile feature to organize applications better.

We have been using Duo Security for about three years.

Duo Security's stability is good, and we haven't had any issues.

Duo Security's scalability is good. We are a fairly large organization but haven't had any scalability issues.

Duo Security's technical support is great. They do a better job on the Duo side than on the networking side for support.

We've used Okta in the past. Okta has a really good auto-login feature. Duo Security can do the same thing, but Okta might do it a little bit better. It just automatically logs in if it's part of your profile.

We switched to Duo Security because of our relationship with our account reps.

We have seen a return on investment using Duo Security because it saves time.

Duo Security's pricing is good, fair, and very comparable to today's market.

Duo Security Self-Service Portal has significantly helped free up our IT staff for other projects. Instead of managing thousands of accounts across hundreds of SaaS applications, it's all in one spot now. Duo Security has probably saved us four or five hours at least.

I think Duo Security does a great job of establishing trust for every access request, no matter where it comes from.

It is very important for our organization that the solution considers all resources to be external because it frames the activity as zero trust, and that's how we run our network to zero trust across the board. So when you treat all resources as external, we want to lock them down every time and not just have random passwords floating everywhere.

Duo Security will significantly simplify the life of someone who wants to improve cybersecurity in their organization, and they should definitely try it.

Overall, I rate Duo Security ten out of ten.

We use it for multifactor authentication for getting in with cell phones and PCs.

Duo Security allows us to be remote, and it keeps us secure. It has been very good for securing our infrastructure from end to end. We haven't had any issues.

It has helped free up our IT staff, but I don't have the metrics on how much time it has actually saved. We don't worry about it. It just works.

It has been good for establishing trust for every access request, no matter where it comes from.

We're working remotely. It helps us keep people more safe. Its adoption has been fine. I like the fact that you can bypass it if you need to because there are situations where the internet doesn't work, etc.

Its ability to help reduce the risk of breaches is pretty good. I like its ability for user authentication and device verification.

We use Yubikey for pushing it to the phones. Yubikeys can get expensive because people tend to lose those for some reason. Fifty dollars a device is pretty high.

I've been using this solution for a couple of years.

I don't deal directly with their tech support myself. I've got some other folks that do that for me, but I don't hear any complaints, so I'd rate them really high.

We did use another solution. I can't remember the name of it, but it had a lot of flaws and a lot of issues. It did not connect to the equipment that we had to use. It would break down, so we had to find something else.

We didn't consider another solution. While researching, Duo Security came out to be the best. The last one was terrible, and this one ranked a lot higher.

We have a hybrid deployment. It was very easy to implement it.

It integrates well with other systems. We have Cisco Umbrella and Cisco routing and switching. We had Cisco firewalls, but I wouldn't recommend them.

We've seen an ROI in using this product. There is stability and ease of use. It isn't a problem to handle. It's simple to deal with.

It falls in line with everything else.

To someone researching this solution who wants to improve cybersecurity in their organization, I'd say that it has been very beneficial.

Overall, I'd rate Duo Security a ten out of ten.

We try to use the solution for pretty much everything that we can use with it. The tool helps us to get into our dashboard APIs, and log into Citrix, VPN, and servers.

I love Duo Security's push notifications. It's simple, fast, and secure. From the user's perspective, the solution is seamless. The security aspect is great.

We have been using the product for about two to three years in our company.

I haven't seen any reason to think the solution is unstable.

The product is very scalable from what I have seen.

The solution's support is pretty good. It helped us quite a bit. Both Meraki and TAC have been pretty helpful.

We switched to Duo Security due to the cybersecurity threats that came with COVID. There was a big one that came against us at one time, but we were able to squash it pretty quickly. The threat was not able to get into the mainframe because of the solution.

The tool's setup was easy and we didn't require too much outside help to set it up.

As a network and security guy, security is my return and it has been better with the product's use.

I would rate the solution a nine out of ten. Duo Security can get spotty at the back end but it doesn't break. It would be great if I could use the product to log into the routers or switches in the infrastructure. We already have Active Directory enabled in our routers and switches. However, if we could do two-factor authentication, then it could go a long way since no one's getting into them unless you want them to. We are all for more security in healthcare.

We use Duo Security to level up security and access to internal systems.

Duo Security has provided us with heightened security. That's the biggest benefit because, nowadays, security risks are big due to hacking. This solution narrows down a lot of things that we have to go through.

If you have to log in to something, you must go to Duo Security to confirm that you're who you are on your phone. From there, you go back to the app, and it allows you access.

When you come to the push in Duo Security, there are some integrations where you have to use the code instead of the push functionality. Sometimes, you have to go and push from the app, go to Duo Security, and then go back over after you've accepted the push. It would be good if a seamless web comes down, you press the button at the top, and it goes away while you're still in the app.

I have been using Duo Security for about two years.

Duo Security is a pretty stable solution.

Duo Security is a scalable solution. You can easily download the app, log in, and you have access. Scaling is not an issue with Duo Security.

Duo Security's customer support is very helpful, going above and beyond what they normally need to do to get things fixed and resolved. I can always reach out to my reps, who try to figure out what's going on to help me.

Since I changed companies, I can't remember the old solution, but it was probably some Microsoft solution. It did almost the same thing as Duo Security, except that Duo Security has the push. So instead of going back and finding the code, it can easily just push to the app, allowing you access. So it's a little bit faster to access your systems than having to find these different apps.

We have seen a return on investment with Duo Security because getting hacked once would cost us millions. So investing in a solution like Duo Security saves us all that money.

Most solutions do what we're trying to use Duo Security for. It ensures a person has different access to the system via a different device like a YubiKey.

Duo Security has helped to improve our organization's security posture through reassurance in giving out access. Having something like Duo Security on the back end can help pinpoint who's logging in and ensure there is no random bot.

I highly recommend Duo Security because it's still seamless from my standpoint. I don't know how it would be on the back end, but it'd be a great application for any organization wanting to heighten its security on user access.

Overall, I rate Duo Security ten out of ten.