Duo for VPN

CU System Administration users must authenticate their identity to connect to the VPN. It takes two items – a password and your phone – to access Cisco AnyConnect. This decreases the likelihood that others can access your data, even if they have your password.

Get the Duo app

The Duo app will make authenticating your identity easy, giving you three authentication options: receiving a mobile push notification, entering a six-digit code from the Duo app or receiving a phone call.

How to enroll in Duo

  If you need assistance downloading the Duo app or using multifactor authentication, watch this UIS Service Desk webinar.

How to use the VPN and authenticate your identity

  Download the VPN guide

Step 1: Open Cisco AnyConnect on your desktop

Step 2: Select a VPN channel

Step 3: Enter your CU username and password

Step 4: Select an authentication option

Need to access a campus VPN?

CU Anschutz Medical Campus
CU Boulder
CU Denver
UCCS

Need assistance?

  • If you are having difficulty using the authentication system due to an out-of-date phone number, please contact your department's payroll liaison for assistance. In CU's human resources management tool, HCM, your payroll liaison can add a phone number to your employee record's cellular, campus 1 or campus 2 contact fields.
  • For other issues, please email the Service Desk at help@cu.edu. Please include your name, employee ID number, contact information and a description of the problem.