What is Duo Desktop?
Duo Desktop is a lightweight application installed on your computer that performs a ‘health check’ when you access Duo-protected applications. It ensures your device meets security requirements to protect campus data without slowing your system or accessing your personal files.
Duo Desktop will check for:
- Updates and patches (including browsers and operating systems)
- Firewall turned on (macOS Firewall Instructions | Windows Firewall Instructions)
- Disk encryption enabled for campus-managed machines, also known as Berkeley Desktop - (macOS Encryption Instructions | Windows Encryption Instructions)
- Disk encryption enabled for self-managed machines (macOS Encryption Instructions | Windows Encryption Instructions)
- Berkeley Security Software (BSS) installed (macOS BSS Instructions | Windows BSS Instructions | Linux BSS instructions