Case Study: Ars Technica achieves seamless WordPress two-factor security with Duo Security

Ars Technica - Customer Case Study

Ars Technica, a global technology news publisher, needed to ensure its distributed team of journalists could reliably access a single WordPress dashboard from anywhere while preventing unauthorized logins and site defacements. Timing is critical for breaking news, and the security team identified credential theft as the primary risk, so they required a two‑factor authentication solution that would integrate cleanly with WordPress.

They deployed Duo (already in use for SSH) after a successful staging trial; writers found the login experience slick and adopted the Duo Mobile app in place of Google Authenticator. The rollout was frictionless—minimal user feedback, easy enrollment, and seamless day‑to‑day use—giving Ars Technica strong, transparent protection for editorial access and peace of mind for the security team.

Ars Technica

Jason Marlin

Director of Technology