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Channel Post MEA
2 days ago
- Business
- Channel Post MEA
Cisco Launches Duo Identity & Access Management
Cisco has unveiled Duo Identity and Access Management (IAM), a new security solution that transforms how organizations combat persistent identity-based attacks that are accelerating in the AI era. Identity is a prime target for bad actors, accounting for 60% of Cisco Talos Incident Response cases in 2024, because current solutions have critical weaknesses that attackers exploit. Duo IAM offers an innovative and security-first approach, with added protection built on its globally trusted multifactor authentication (MFA). Duo IAM is the latest advancement in Cisco's long-standing commitment to user-friendly Zero Trust security. 'The security industry is facing an 'identity crisis' as persistent identity-based attacks are among the most dangerous and costly challenges for security teams. Attackers don't need to hack in, when they can simply log in,' said Jeetu Patel, President and Chief Product Officer, Cisco. 'While identity is the foundation of strong security, traditional IAM solutions have failed to prioritize security despite increasingly sophisticated threats. With this massive innovation, Duo is moving beyond MFA and restoring trust in identity security with a fundamentally different approach that attackers hate and users love.' Purpose-built to protect against modern identity threats, Duo IAM enables organizations to securely manage their entire identity infrastructure. Duo includes a new User Directory to simplify storing user identities – including usernames, emails, and roles – and managing their access to resources. Paired with its existing capabilities including MFA and Single Sign On (SSO) to provide users with simple, easy and secure access to hundreds of applications from one login page, Duo now offers customers a comprehensive IAM solution. Open and flexible, Duo IAM also integrates effortlessly with existing third-party identity systems. The new Identity Routing Engine allows Duo to integrate with many identity providers either as an identity broker or as a secondary identity provider. Incorporating security by default, Duo IAM frustrates attackers, while improving user experience and management costs. The Cisco AI Assistant is embedded in Duo to help organizations easily deploy and manage the new solution out-of-the-box. Duo IAM offers comprehensive protection against phishing attacks. Recent innovations strengthening end-to-end phishing resistance include: Complete Passwordless : New option ensures a secure authentication experience without users ever having to use or remember a password. : New option ensures a secure authentication experience without users ever having to use or remember a password. Proximity Verification : This capability uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to ensure a user's mobile and access devices are near each other when authenticating. : This capability uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to ensure a user's mobile and access devices are near each other when authenticating. Session Theft Protection: New enhancements to Duo Passport remove the reliance on browser cookies from authentication, protecting against session theft and hijacking. Identity infrastructure is complex and often disconnected, creating blind spots where attacks and vulnerabilities go unnoticed. To help organizations continuously monitor and respond to changes in identity risk, Duo IAM integrates with Cisco Identity Intelligence, connecting identity and access data across the Cisco Security Cloud platform. With AI-driven behavioral analytics and Cisco's unmatched reach into the network, organizations gain comprehensive visibility, threat detection, and the ability to take graduated responses like quarantining an identity, killing active sessions or isolating the network. 'Identity breaches are no longer the exception—they're the rule. Seeing a trusted security brand like Duo broaden from access management to include identity management and provide a security-first approach in the market is both timely and refreshing,' said Todd Thiemann, Principal Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group. 'Duo's commitment to maximizing security while minimizing user and admin friction is exactly what the industry needs. In particular, their approach to end-to-end phishing resistance marks a major leap forward, not just in security, but also in ease of deployment, to combat the latest identity threats.' 0 0
Scottish Sun
3 days ago
- Business
- Scottish Sun
Millions of Google users told major app is shutting down for good as September deadline for ‘permanent closure' revealed
Customers have a few short months to prepare for the change GOOG-BYE Millions of Google users told major app is shutting down for good as September deadline for 'permanent closure' revealed Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) GOOGLE users have been notified that a major app will be shutting down for good by September. Google Duo was a video and audio calling app, similar to Apple's FaceTime, Facebook's WhatsApp or Messenger and Microsoft's Skype. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 1 Google Duo will be shutting down by September Credit: Alamy It merged with Meet in 2022 to create one entity for video calls but will soon be removed. While the Google Duo brand officially ended in 2022, some of its features were still used under the 'Legacy calls' section in Google Meet. The app for the latter is now showing a banner that reads, 'Meet calling will replace legacy (Duo) calling in September 2025.' Meet calls offer a superior video call experience compared to legacy Duo calls, with features like live captions, screen sharing, raise your hand, stackable effects, cloud encryption, and more. As part of the transition, some legacy Duo features won't be available in Meet. This includes Family Mode, Moments, and Knock Knock. AMAZON, AMAZ-OFF It comes after news that Amazon is to shut down an app that's been used by millions of people. There are major downsides for affected users – and you might even be owed a big refund. Millions of people using the Amazon Appstore will be cut off in mid-August. The closure affects anyone using the app on Android phones. Over 200 million people use the Amazon Appstore, around 1% of which come via Android gadgets. Google reveals 'Advanced Protection' for VIPs – and you can use it too An Amazon spokesperson told The Sun: "We've decided to discontinue the Amazon Appstore on Android to focus our efforts on the Appstore experience on our own devices, as that's where the overwhelming majority of our customers currently engage with it." Amazon's Appstore is a rival to the default Google Play Store, letting you download apps and games. It launched on Android all the way back in March 2011. But on August 20, the Amazon Appstore will close – and any apps downloaded from it will no longer receive updates. That means support will end for all apps you've downloaded via the Amazon Appstore. They may become buggy or stop work entirely, and won't be able to receive any important security fixes either. In an FAQ, Amazon warned that these apps "will not be guaranteed to operate on Android devices". Amazon has already begun killing the Appstore off by blocking developers from uploading new apps to it. That change kicked in on February 20 this year.
The Irish Sun
3 days ago
- Business
- The Irish Sun
Millions of Google users told major app is shutting down for good as September deadline for ‘permanent closure' revealed
GOOGLE users have been notified that a major app will be shutting down for good by September. Google Duo was a video and audio calling app, similar to Apple's FaceTime, Facebook's WhatsApp or Messenger and Microsoft's Skype. 1 Google Duo will be shutting down by September Credit: Alamy It merged with Meet in 2022 to create one entity for video calls but will soon be removed. While the Google Duo brand officially ended in 2022, some of its features were still used under the 'Legacy calls' section in Google Meet. The app for the latter is now showing a banner that reads, 'Meet calling will replace legacy (Duo) calling in September 2025.' Meet calls offer a superior video call experience compared to legacy Duo calls, with features like live captions, screen sharing, raise your hand, stackable effects, cloud encryption, and more. read more in tech As part of the transition, some legacy Duo features won't be available in Meet. This includes Family Mode, Moments, and Knock Knock. AMAZON, AMAZ-OFF It comes after news that Amazon is to shut down an app that's been used by millions of people. There are major downsides for affected users – and you might even be owed a big refund. Most read in Tech Millions of people using the Amazon Appstore will be cut off in mid-August. The closure affects anyone using the app on Android phones. Over 200 million people use the Amazon Appstore, around 1% of which come via Android gadgets. Google reveals 'Advanced Protection' for VIPs – and you can use it too An Amazon spokesperson told The Sun: "We've decided to discontinue the Amazon Appstore on Android to focus our efforts on the Appstore experience on our own devices, as that's where the overwhelming majority of our customers currently engage with it." Amazon's Appstore is a rival to the default Google Play Store, letting you download apps and games. It launched on Android all the way back in March 2011. But on August 20, the Amazon Appstore will close – and any apps downloaded from it will no longer receive updates. That means support will end for all apps you've downloaded via the Amazon Appstore. They may become buggy or stop work entirely, and won't be able to receive any In an FAQ, Amazon warned that these apps "will not be guaranteed to operate on Android devices". Amazon has already begun killing the Appstore off by blocking developers from uploading new apps to it. That change kicked in on February 20 this year.
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Business Standard
3 days ago
- Business Standard
Google Meet to fully replace legacy Google Duo calling in September 2025
Google will reportedly remove all remaining features of its former Duo calling service from the Meet app by September 2025. Although the Google Duo brand officially ended in 2022, some of its functionalities continued under the 'Legacy calls' section in Google Meet. Now, the company is set to unify its calling experience entirely under the Google Meet platform. According to 9to5Google, users of the Google Meet app are being informed that legacy Duo technology still powers some features, but 'Meet calls' is now the standard experience. This updated calling environment includes enhancements such as in-call chat, live captions, screen sharing, stackable visual effects, add-ons, and improved interfaces for tablets and foldable devices. Additional capabilities like hand-raising and access to premium features are available depending on the user's Workspace or Google One subscription. Features not moving to Google Meet Some popular Duo-specific features are not expected to be carried forward into Google Meet. These include: Family Mode Mirror Mode Knock Knock Sending emojis from the pre-call screen Additionally, smart displays such as the Nest Hub Max and other Nest devices currently support only legacy Duo calls. These devices will not receive the Meet calling update. Data backup instructions To export video messages: Go to Settings Tap on Message settings Select Export messages A 'Meet' folder will be created on the device To export legacy (Duo) call history: Go to Settings Tap on Calling settings (Legacy) Select Legacy calling account Tap on Manage Legacy calling history Choose Export legacy call history Users will receive a copy as a .CSV file
Android Authority
3 days ago
- Business
- Android Authority
Google sets the timetable for killing off the very last of Duo
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google merged Duo into Meet back in 2022. Ever since, some Duo features have remained as a legacy calling mode within Meet. Google now shares that this legacy support is ending in September. Anyone who's been using Google products and services for any length of time is well aware of the company's proclivity towards… let's say 'reorganizing' things. Branding gets updated, new services are introduced, products split off, products get combined, and sometimes Google just has to kill one off. A few years back, Google was in the middle of one of these periods of reinvention for its communication apps, and that meant merging Meet with Duo. In the end, we lost Duo as we knew it, and saw it absorbed into Meet. But even as that happened, Google let users continue to access some of that old functionality, presenting it as 'Legacy (Duo) calling.' If you were still a fan of doing things the old way, we've got some bad news for you, as Google now shares its intent to finally cut off all this legacy support sometime this coming September (via 9to5Google). If you haven't really been staying on top of the whole split between Duo and Meet (or just understandably stopped caring after the transition back in 2022) here's a quick overview of the features that Google says legacy users will be losing as Meet drops its support: Family Mode Knock Knock Moments (alternative is an on-device screenshot) Mirror mode Low light mode (alternative is video lighting adjustment and portrait touch-up for some users) Data-saving mode (alternative is Meet saver mode) That may sound like you're losing quite a lot, but we have to keep in mind that Meet's been at the forefront of Google's development efforts these past few years, and consequently offers a modern, feature-rich call experience that the vast majority of users are likely going to prefer, anyway. That includes niceties like cloud encryption and live captions. One unexpected casualty may be how video calls work on Google's smart displays like the Nest Hub Max. Google's transition FAQ explains that Nest devices only support legacy calls, so it feels like the Hub Max's already limited call support may be downgraded even further — likely to non-functional status, by the sound of it. Hopefully we'll be hearing a little more about the minutiae of this transition, including exactly when in September we can expect to see it take place, over the time between now and then. Got a tip? Talk to us! Email our staff at Email our staff at news@ . You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it's your choice.
