Cisco Umbrella: DNS Security Essentials

Simplifying security for any size business.

Cisco Umbrella is a cloud-delivered security service that provides the most secure, reliable, and fastest internet experience to more than 100 million business and consumer users every day. It enforces security at the DNS layer and blocks requests to malicious domains before a connection is even established, effectively stopping threats over any port or protocol before they reach your network or endpoints.

You can deploy Umbrella in minutes, simplifying security management and reducing bandwidth costs almost instantly. With Umbrella, you can cut your latency by up to 73% and deliver 100% DNS service uptime

Cisco Umbrella DNS Security Essentials: Key features

Enforce content filtering

Using over 100 category-based content filters, Umbrella effectively blocks malicious and risky domains and enables you to create customized add/block lists. Gain control over which sites can be accessed by users, and easily enforce and comply with acceptable use policies.

Improve performance

Umbrella’s highly resilient cloud infrastructure has been operational for nearly two decades. Using Anycast routing, global data centers are available using the same single IP address, so your requests are transparently sent to the nearest data center and failover is automatic.

Seamless Meraki deployment

Cisco Umbrella deploys instantly across a Cisco Meraki wi-fi network. Keep users protected by blocking suspicious or harmful domains associated with phishing, malware, ransomware, C2 callbacks, and more, with no added latency.