He also encourages organizations to adopt passwordless as part of their zero-trust journey. Goerlich noted that the service will improve the user experience on login by removing the “long-hated” password and reducing the authentication friction while increasing the pressure on the adversary and the complexity needed to carry out a successful attack. In addition, Duo Passwordless Authentication supports customers who use Duo Single Sign On (SSO) or existing SSO from other providers such as Okta or PingFederate. Wolfgang Goerlich told SDxCentral.ĭuo Mobile app is the latest option for passwordless authentication, which includes mobile app push and biometrics which were enabled on 81% of Duo customers’ mobile devices, according to Cisco. The service allows users to log in without a password using platform authenticators such as Windows Hello, Apple’s Touch ID and Face ID, and Google’s face and fingerprint biometrics, as well as security tokens and keys including YubiKey Duo Single Sign-On, and Duo Push authentication, Cisco Duo Security Advisory CISO J. This push is in line with the findings from Duo Security’s recent report which showed that passwordless adoption continues to climb. Cisco plans to roll out its Duo Passwordless Authentication globally next Wednesday.

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