Activation - DUO/Zero Trust - Protect Cloud Applications with SSO – Cisco Activation as a Service

Onboarding

Steps:

Step 1: Install Duo Mobile on your mobile device
- Task 1: Install Duo Mobile on your device
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- Task 2: Scan the QR barcode to enroll in Duo and add a device.
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- Task 3: Set up a backup phone number to your Duo admin account
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Step 2: Log in for the first time to get started with Duo
- Task 4: Log in to the Duo Admin Panel
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- Log in

Implement

Steps

Step 1: Role Required: Owner must create at least one additional administrator account to prevent lockout
- Task 1: Create at least one additional administrator account to prevent lockout
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Step 2: Begin to enroll users in Duo
- Task 2: Create a communication plan for your end-users
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- Task 3: Plan to enroll users
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Step 3: Configure your authentication source
- Task 4: Configure settings for Duo Central including policies and customizing the portal's appearance
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Step 4: Integrate your pilot application with Duo Single Sign-On
- Task 5: Select a pre-configured SSO application and refer to your SSO application's specific documentation
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- Task 6: Verify SSO configurations
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Use

Steps:

Step 1: Continue to enroll additional users in Duo
- Task 1: Enroll additional users through the configured Identity source
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Step 2: Set up Duo Central
- Task 2: Configure settings for Duo Central including policies and customizing the portal's appearance
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- Task 3: Communicate to end users about Duo Central as a launchpad for easy access to all their cloud applications
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Step 3: Monitor and ensure users are actively authenticating with Duo SSO
- Task 4: Ensure frequently used or business critical apps are being protected
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- Task 5: Communicate to end users about Duo Central as a launchpad for easy access to all their cloud applications
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Engage

Steps

Step 1: Continue to enroll additional users in Duo
- Task 1: Enroll additional users through the configured Identity source
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Step 2: Monitor and ensure users are actively authenticating with Duo SSO
- Task 2: Ensure frequently used or business critical apps are being protected
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- Task 3: Review the authentication summary log within the Admin Panel to confirm that a majority of enrolled users have authenticated
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Step 3: Encourage users to authenticate with stronger authentication factors
- Task 4: Configure one verification method
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Adopt

Steps

Step 1: Set up Duo Central
- Task 1: Enroll additional users through the configured Identity source
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Step 2: Continue to integrate additional applications using Duo SSO
- Task 2: Integrate a minimum of three applications with Duo SSO
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Step 3: Ensure users are actively authenticating into protected applications
- Task 3: Ensure frequently used or business critical apps are being protected
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- Task 4: Communicate to end users about Duo Central as a launchpad for easy access to all their cloud applications
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Step 4: Encourage users to authenticate with stronger authentication factors
- Task 5: Configure settings for Duo Central including policies and customizing the portal's appearance
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