Today, we were introduced to various security products; we already know Umbrella (CA uses it), and others have already discussed secureX, so that leaves Duo to be discussed. Duo is a pretty simple product introduced to us today, mainly involving the implementation of two-factor identification in software applications; to help understand the product, we were shown a demo about office 365 products integrated with Duo.
A picture of the demo from Cisco Duo’s website… you can try it yourself by copying the link and putting it into your browser:
https://duo.com/partnerships/technology-partners/select-partners/cisco
Duo, we additionally learned, requires all software to be updated to the latest version (with 7 days notice, meaning you have seven days to make your updates before bad things happen). If seven days pass and your applications aren’t updated, Duo blocks your access to these applications, no matter your ability to complete the two-factor identification. This has caused both the presenter, Pablo Gross, and our host many issues throughout their times at cisco.