2018-04-22T07:58:00Z

What do you like most about Cisco Umbrella?

Hi Everyone,

What do you like most about Cisco Umbrella?

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Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
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Alessandro Braga - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Digital Officer at Talent Garden
Real User
Top 10
2023-03-30T08:13:00Z
Mar 30, 2023

The reports and notifications are the most useful part of the platform. As soon as you deploy the security layers, the reporting is very comprehensive. It helps you to have, at a glance, a clear view of what's going on.

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FM
Network Architect at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 20
2023-02-13T13:41:00Z
Feb 13, 2023

We are very new users of the solution and are still in the exploration stages, but we are happy with the product thus far.

Anish Joseph - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 10
2023-02-13T12:29:00Z
Feb 13, 2023

I also think that the dashboard view is really helpful. Whenever sites get blocked, we get the details and the users who are connecting to them.

Alfonso Reimunde - PeerSpot reviewer
Independent Business Owner at Practical Information Systems
Real User
Top 10
2022-12-04T20:01:12Z
Dec 4, 2022

The most valuable feature is the ability to filter malware sites that could infect clients or allow them to download infected files.

Zaigham Abbas - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Security Engineer at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
Reseller
Top 20
2022-08-02T13:19:00Z
Aug 2, 2022

The single-pane-of-glass management is really important. In today's era, administration costs and operational expenses will cost you a lot, and it reduces that as well. You don't need extra resources to manage all your parameter firewalls, looking at every single device to allow resources internal access. By just introducing the single-pane-of-glass management, it has lifted the burden off of management, especially the network management.

Tim Woodhouse - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Operations Manager at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Top 10
2022-08-02T01:58:00Z
Aug 2, 2022

I was able to implement it myself. It was really easy to install. You could install it on a server locally if you want to. If you have the biggest site, you would do that, but for my site, it was just directing all the traffic out through the Cisco Umbrella DNS. It was really handy. When the owners of the company went overseas, I knew that they would be secure because even if they were not on the company network, they would still go through the Cisco Umbrella servers. It was a complete solution for protecting the company with outgoing data.

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MS
Network security consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Consultant
2022-07-17T17:27:00Z
Jul 17, 2022

You can manage and create policies based on a group of users. It can permit some URLs and block others.

Jessica Boutin - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Engineer at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Top 20
2022-06-26T15:36:00Z
Jun 26, 2022

The most valuable features for us include tenant lock, content filtering, and DLP solutions, looking for PII and information being exfiltrated.

Michael Abadeer - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security Operations Manager at BeyondTrust
Real User
Top 10
2022-06-26T15:14:00Z
Jun 26, 2022

It enables us to go granular in the customization of blocking some categories on the DNS.

JR
IT Consultant with 501-1,000 employees
Consultant
Top 20
2022-06-26T15:04:00Z
Jun 26, 2022

The Global Block List is one of the most valuable features because it's really easy to block domain names as well as URLs. Sometimes you don't want to block the whole site, you just want to block one URL. The Global Block and Allow Lists are the best features for us.

Walter Poole - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Infinite Energy Center
Real User
Top 20
2022-06-15T20:53:00Z
Jun 15, 2022

If it didn't have a single pane of glass, we would not be using it. The single pane of glass gives you a one-stop shop. It's like going to Home Depot. You find all your stuff there. You can see all your threats and your endpoints. It's a very important feature and makes things very simple.

SN
Vice President Information Security & Compliance at E2open
Real User
Top 20
2022-05-30T20:29:00Z
May 30, 2022

One of the most important features is the security posture check which Umbrella offers when a user accesses any website. That is one of the most unique features that it offers.

Dan Brunnquell - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Of Information Technology at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-05-26T06:22:00Z
May 26, 2022

When we have laptops that leave the building, they could connect to public WiFi before they establish a VPN connection back into the company. For that duration or that period of time when they're not docked in the network or on a VPN, they effectively don't have that full layer of security that I provide inside the building. This tool stands in during that period of time, and we extend the security settings through their basic firewall or their cloud-based firewall at that time. So, we do content filtering and control access, but they also are looking at new domains, IP addresses, and bad requests. They're blocking them on my behalf when a laptop is not sitting behind our security appliances.

AP
Cyber Security Consultant at flydubai
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2022-04-10T11:12:11Z
Apr 10, 2022

It is a good cloud-based solution for DNS security.

PK
Director at seamlessinfotech.com
Real User
Top 20
2021-08-01T00:16:43Z
Aug 1, 2021

I like that it integrates with the infrastructure. I also like the kind of data and intelligence that's built-in. It helps create innovative reports for security.

RT
Spider Solutions CTO at a security firm with 11-50 employees
Real User
Top 20
2021-07-15T12:23:54Z
Jul 15, 2021

It offers good visibility for the Administrator. The administrator has full visibility of what is blocked or has the knowledge of where users go when they are surfing the internet.

KE
Solutions Architect at Quartet Service Inc.
Reseller
Top 5Leaderboard
2021-06-29T21:55:44Z
Jun 29, 2021

The most valuable feature is the ability to block users from reaching places that they should not even try to reach has been a boon.

VG
General Manager at Datasoft Comnet
Real User
Top 20
2021-06-04T18:17:56Z
Jun 4, 2021

We like Cisco Umbrella because of DNS security. It's one step ahead of whatever we are using for regular web filtering. In that way, it's more secure than other web filtering products.

JL
Security BDM UK at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
2021-04-12T19:32:01Z
Apr 12, 2021

Its simplicity is most valuable. I can install it and get it up and running, and it can be pervasive across my business within a business day.

It is pretty simple and straightforward to install and configure. Its remit is reasonably clearly defined. When you look at solutions like Darktrace and Carbon Black, the mission objective isn't as clearly defined. Cisco Umbrella, Sophos Central, or some of the other solutions have a more standardized approach to antivirus, which includes enhanced response from the machine learning or deep learning perspective.

BF
Network Engineer & Security Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
2021-02-26T13:45:17Z
Feb 26, 2021

The solution is extremely stable. It has excellent performance.

DT
Project Delivery Coordinator at a media company with 201-500 employees
Reseller
2021-02-25T12:57:27Z
Feb 25, 2021

Some clients only want DNS security, while others want more of the advanced features that it has available.

AS
Network Consultant at a security firm with 51-200 employees
Consultant
2021-02-24T16:16:00Z
Feb 24, 2021

Cisco Umbrella is a totally different solution. They are the first to come up with this idea of security. It's a totally new concept of security for everybody, for every time, real time, perfectionism.

SB
Senior Manager - Information Technology at Emami Ltd
Real User
2021-02-19T07:19:00Z
Feb 19, 2021

I have found the malware protection feature valuable. It is helpful and deliverable and is able to protect my entire organization from getting compromised. It also prevents us from visiting any malicious sites which are not visible to the users.

AT
General Manager at a mining and metals company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2021-02-01T10:39:41Z
Feb 1, 2021

The most valuable features of this solution are the Web Filtering and the APT.

JC
Head of Business Solutions, UK&I at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2020-12-11T17:45:09Z
Dec 11, 2020

We've found it to be stable and good for our customers.

SZ
Team Lead Network Infrastructure at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Real User
Top 20
2020-12-08T23:02:47Z
Dec 8, 2020

I haven't found any issues related to latency or any other issue.

HananSyed - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Consultant at Mideast Data Systems
Real User
Top 20
2020-11-22T10:57:00Z
Nov 22, 2020

Overall, it is a very good solution. It is a simple solution and very easy to set up.

GK
Systems Support Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
2020-11-18T10:08:35Z
Nov 18, 2020

Stability-wise, it's good. I have never encountered any bugs.

VM
SOC & SECURITY SERVICES DIRECTOR at BESTEL
Reseller
2020-11-09T17:54:27Z
Nov 9, 2020

The most valuable feature is the website protection capabilities because it prevents end-users from entering bad sites that potentially have malware or could be used for phishing.

VM
SOC & SECURITY SERVICES DIRECTOR at BESTEL
Reseller
2020-11-09T16:24:17Z
Nov 9, 2020

The implementation is pretty easy.

TS
Manager and Senior Consultant at NTT DATA
Real User
2020-10-23T14:42:00Z
Oct 23, 2020

The user interface is great. It's very easy to tailor to our client's environment and needs.

BA
CTO at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Real User
2020-10-20T04:19:00Z
Oct 20, 2020

Cisco Umbrella is absolutely stable.

SC
Chief Enterprise Architect at Expanded Reality
Real User
2020-10-11T08:58:11Z
Oct 11, 2020

The security and access control features.

DB
Network Specialist at Syswind Kft.
Real User
2020-10-11T08:58:11Z
Oct 11, 2020

The solution is very easy to manage. We found the initial setup, for example, to be quite simple.

MC
Technical Presales Consultant : Cisco Security at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Reseller
2020-09-13T07:02:27Z
Sep 13, 2020

Helps block personal email accounts.

SK
NOC Lead at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
2020-09-09T06:28:58Z
Sep 9, 2020

Provides dependable DNS monitoring of external devices.

ST
System Engineer at asa
Real User
Top 10
2020-08-19T07:57:24Z
Aug 19, 2020

What we like most is security and how easy it is to integrate with other appliances.

AR
Global Security at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
2020-07-26T08:19:00Z
Jul 26, 2020

The weekly reportings are great. The investigation is super and the application management is equally great.

AT
Chief Executive Officer at Cynexlink, LLC
Real User
2020-07-19T08:15:00Z
Jul 19, 2020

It's very stable, reliable and does its job.

MO
Solutions Pvt at iDesign Data Solutions Pvt.Ltd.
Real User
2020-07-05T09:38:00Z
Jul 5, 2020

It analyzes the domain security helps us implement the securest policy.

SB
Senior Manager - Information Technology at Emami Ltd
Real User
2020-06-25T10:49:21Z
Jun 25, 2020

The most valuable feature for us is the DNS-based protection.

HL
Presales Engineer at DataProtect
Real User
2019-08-26T06:42:00Z
Aug 26, 2019

The most valuable features are the protection against ransomware and phishing.

SA
IT Solution Architect at Dimension Data
MSP
Top 10
2019-08-12T05:55:00Z
Aug 12, 2019

It will protect, give you more robustness, and faster responses, compared to any firewalls or any of the proxy web servers.

SA
Security Tem Leader at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
2019-07-02T11:47:00Z
Jul 2, 2019

The core business of Cisco Umbrella is non-malware. That's all it does: block the malware on the gateway.

AT
Network Engineer at LADWP
Real User
2019-07-02T06:57:00Z
Jul 2, 2019

The most valuable feature is that it secures our network against blacklisted or malicious websites.

JR
Security Engineering Senior Manager at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2019-07-02T06:57:00Z
Jul 2, 2019

Using this solution has meant that we've needed to make fewer firewall changes.

PV
IT Systems Engineer at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Real User
2019-07-02T06:57:00Z
Jul 2, 2019

The most valuable feature of this solution is its reliability.

TK
IT Manager at Bureau of Education, Tainan City Government
User
2018-09-21T16:10:00Z
Sep 21, 2018

It has helped reduce my unit's security events.

BB
Lead Enterprise Security Architect at ResCare
User
2018-06-27T10:31:00Z
Jun 27, 2018

It provides centralized, device-agnostic management of the Internet experience.

it_user860856 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer/ Administrator at Katalyst Technologies
MSP
2018-04-22T11:00:00Z
Apr 22, 2018

Threats never come close to your network with security at the DNS level​.

JL
Network Manager at a educational organization with 201-500 employees
Real User
2018-04-22T07:58:00Z
Apr 22, 2018

​They have a wealth of articles in their knowledge base. This has given me the freedom to troubleshoot on my own time. ​​

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I would choose Umbrella first. Firstly, it's 100% cloud-based (private Cisco cloud) from the ground up, with no need for a new appliance, firewall, or server and they have their own DNS servers worldwide in an anycast configuration that has never ever been down. Those DNS servers do the filtering for you so the university network won't be affected by filtering. It's highly scalable and you can choose between different packages with other Cisco security products integration or more advanced information. Umbrella uses data from many different security sources, even AI so it actually filters sites even before they get publicly reported as malicious. It's a very proactive solution. It's very easy to set up initially from a central location even though you may set up different networks with their own filtering rules. You can set it up initially with basic filtering rules very fast and make it more complex later on. They offer special education institutions discounts even though the solution is already very competitive cost-wise. They invented DNS security and have been working on it longer than anyone by far. I've been using it for over 10 years, even before it was bought and enhanced by Cisco's own products (the solution was named OpenDNS Enterprise before) with no problems whatsoever. The other vendors have yet to catch up with them IMO. Their support is very good although you seldom have to use it. By the way, you may contact many universities and other educational institutions which have been using their solution for a long time for advice. Another big advantage is you can take advantage of it even in a hybrid working solution. Even if your students or faculty access or work from another location they will still be protected through the use of an agent. And you can integrate login through the active directory. To summarize, no other product compares for versatility IMO. 
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