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What is Cisco Umbrella?

A plain-English explanation of what Cisco Umbrella is used for and how it protects your users.

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The short answer

Cisco Umbrella is cloud-delivered security that stops people and devices connecting to dangerous places on the internet. Because it works at the DNS layer, it blocks threats before a connection is made, across every port and protocol that uses DNS.

What Cisco Umbrella is used for

  • Blocking malware, ransomware command-and-control, phishing and cryptomining domains
  • Web content filtering by category, for acceptable use
  • Protecting laptops off the network through the roaming module
  • Visibility of which cloud apps are in use
  • With SIG packages, full secure web gateway, CASB and cloud firewall

How it is deployed

Point your network's DNS to Umbrella, or connect sites with IPsec tunnels for SIG. Deploy the roaming module to laptops. Cisco Meraki and other firewalls integrate natively. Most organisations can be protected in days.

How Forever Systems supplies and supports Cisco Umbrella

We supply and support Cisco Umbrella and its successor, Cisco Secure Access, for UK organisations.

  • Package selection: DNS Security or SIG, Essentials or Advantage
  • Deployment: network DNS forwarding, roaming module roll-out, Active Directory or Entra ID integration, and tunnels from Cisco Meraki or other firewalls
  • Policy design: security categories, content filtering, allow and block lists
  • Migration planning from Umbrella to Cisco Secure Access ahead of Cisco's end-of-sale dates
  • Ongoing support: reporting, tuning, renewals

Forever Systems Ltd is an independent IT and cyber security provider and also supplies the wider Cisco Secure portfolio.

Want a Cisco Umbrella quote or migration plan?

Talk to Forever Systems on 0333 358 3808 or send us an enquiry and we will come back to you with options, not a hard sell.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Cisco Umbrella a VPN?

No. It is a security service. For remote access to private apps, look at Cisco Secure Access or Cisco Duo Premier.

Was Cisco Umbrella called OpenDNS?

Yes. OpenDNS was acquired by Cisco in 2015 and its business security product became Cisco Umbrella.

Explore Cisco Umbrella

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