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Strengthen Your Identity Security with Cisco Identity Security Assessments

Written by Tina Cline | Apr 18, 2025 10:00:00 AM

Modern attackers are exploiting tactics like phishing, social engineering, and MFA push fatigue to steal real credentials and move laterally through networks. With users accessing applications through multiple IDPs, pinpointing identity issues is increasingly complex.

Cisco Identity Security Assessments (ISA), powered by Cisco Identity Intelligence, offer a free and simple way to identify gaps in your identity infrastructure.

By leveraging your existing Duo deployment and integrating data from various IDPs and applications, these assessments provide deep insights into your identity posture.

What ISA will Uncover:

Cisco Identity Intelligence uses API integrations to quickly uncover Identity Security Gaps such as:

  • IAM Posture and Hygiene
  • Threat detection (e.g., foreign logins, rare browser use, personal VPNs)
  • Establish alignment with Security frameworks
  • License usage and efficiency
  • MFA issues like push phishing, country code mismatches, and unrealistic travel

These assessments reveal hidden identity threats and deliver actionable recommendations to strengthen your security posture.

Getting Started:

To run an assessment, you’ll need to integrate:

  • One Primary Cloud IdP: Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, or Google Workspace
  • One API integration
  • Optional Integrations: Secondary IDPs (e.g., Duo, Auth0) and cloud apps (e.g., Salesforce, GitHub, AWS, Slack) for deeper insights

Assessment Outcomes:

  • Comprehensive identity security overview
  • Detailed analysis of all identities and devices
  • MFA adoption and usage insights
  • Inactive account reports, and more

Best of all, Cisco is offering these assessments free of charge! For more information around Cisco Identity Intelligence, please refer to the dedicated Cisco Identity Intelligence blog post.

Reach out to your Cisco Account Team or head to the Identity Security Assessment Page today to receive your FREE Cisco Identity Security Assessment and start gaining identity intelligence today!