2018-04-22T07:58:00Z

What do you like most about Cisco Umbrella?

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
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AB
Reseller
Top 5Leaderboard
2024-02-08T20:31:00Z
Feb 8, 2024

Cisco Umbrella is easy to monitor, manage, and deploy.

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Laurent Dauphin - PeerSpot reviewer
Reseller
Top 10
2024-02-06T15:25:22Z
Feb 6, 2024

The customer experience is very good, and the product improves security posture.

JM
Real User
Top 20
2024-02-05T14:08:32Z
Feb 5, 2024

We use Cisco Umbrella for DNS filtering and as a secure gateway.

Theofilos Tzachristas - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2023-10-20T13:13:00Z
Oct 20, 2023

The interface is well organized, so you can easily find everything. Even if you don't have much experience with Cisco, you can easily navigate the solution and find your way around. Everything has been done well, from the deployment to monitoring.

CZ
Real User
Top 20
2023-09-25T15:37:00Z
Sep 25, 2023

It blocks malicious DNS queries daily which is very beneficial.

Pedro Antonio Diaz - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2023-06-15T12:57:00Z
Jun 15, 2023

For us and for customers, it's the ease of integration with Meraki. It's just a couple of clicks. That allows us to deploy very fast, and it doesn't change the way a customer uses his service. It's just more secure.

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Stephon Alicea - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2023-06-14T12:23:00Z
Jun 14, 2023

DNS protection, domain blocking, SIP component, and the Cisco Umbrella roaming client are the valuable features of Cisco Umbrella.

Alessandro Braga - PeerSpot reviewer
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.

FM
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
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
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
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
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.

MS
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
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
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
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
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
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
Real User
Top 5
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
Real User
Top 5
2022-04-10T11:12:11Z
Apr 10, 2022

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

PK
Real User
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
Real User
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
Reseller
Top 5
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
Real User
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
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
Real User
2021-02-26T13:45:17Z
Feb 26, 2021

The solution is extremely stable. It has excellent performance.

DT
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
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
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
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
Real User
2020-12-11T17:45:09Z
Dec 11, 2020

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

SZ
Real User
2020-12-08T23:02:47Z
Dec 8, 2020

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

HananSyed - PeerSpot reviewer
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
Real User
2020-11-18T10:08:35Z
Nov 18, 2020

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

VM
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
Reseller
2020-11-09T16:24:17Z
Nov 9, 2020

The implementation is pretty easy.

TS
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
Real User
2020-10-20T04:19:00Z
Oct 20, 2020

Cisco Umbrella is absolutely stable.

SC
Real User
2020-10-11T08:58:11Z
Oct 11, 2020

The security and access control features.

DB
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
Reseller
2020-09-13T07:02:27Z
Sep 13, 2020

Helps block personal email accounts.

SK
Real User
2020-09-09T06:28:58Z
Sep 9, 2020

Provides dependable DNS monitoring of external devices.

ST
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
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
Real User
2020-07-19T08:15:00Z
Jul 19, 2020

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

MO
Real User
2020-07-05T09:38:00Z
Jul 5, 2020

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

SB
Real User
2020-06-25T10:49:21Z
Jun 25, 2020

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

HL
Real User
2019-08-26T06:42:00Z
Aug 26, 2019

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

SA
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
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
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
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
Real User
2019-07-02T06:57:00Z
Jul 2, 2019

The most valuable feature of this solution is its reliability.

TK
User
2018-09-21T16:10:00Z
Sep 21, 2018

It has helped reduce my unit's security events.

BB
User
2018-06-27T10:31:00Z
Jun 27, 2018

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

it_user860856 - PeerSpot reviewer
MSP
2018-04-22T11:00:00Z
Apr 22, 2018

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

JL
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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